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Men's Tennis Opens Play at Penn, Alabama Tournaments
September 26, 2014 | Men's Tennis
Princeton's men's tennis team got its weekend started Friday with the first of three days at events at Penn and Alabama.
The Penn Invitational is being played in a hidden-dual format, with Princeton's players primarily meeting those from one other school in each morning and afternoon session. Friday morning, the Tigers met players from Lehigh before taking on players from Minnesota in singles in the afternoon. On the day, Princeton won eight of nine singles matches and two of the four doubles contests.
"It was a great first day for the Tigers in Philadelphia," Ryan Keckley, the Cornelia Drake and John Van Ryan '28 Assistant Coach of Men's Tennis, said Friday after coaching Princeton's contingent at Penn. "We started off slowly but finished each match with grit and determination. Coaches always love to see their team compete down to the last ball and that is certainly what we did in winning five out of five third sets in singles. We hope to bring the same energy and team spirit that we brought today as we take on Penn State tomorrow."
At Alabama's Crimson Tide Four in the Fall event, Princeton's foursome of Tom Colautti, Josh Yablon, Kial Kaiser and Alex Day opened Friday's play with doubles, taking two of four matches, and competed in singles in the afternoon, also winning two of four contests.
Princeton's results from Friday's play are below.
Penn Invitational
Doubles
Luke Gamble/Ben Quazzo (Princeton) def. Ethan Bogard/Colin Nardella (Lehigh), 8-2
Michael Katz/Diego Vives (Princeton) def. Tyler Hansen/Graham Lehman (Lehigh), 8-5
Singles
Dan Richardson (Princeton) def. Ben Gilman (Lehigh), 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Mohamed El Tonbari (Princeton) def. Jack Petersen (Lehigh), 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(3)
Ben Tso (Princeton) def. Jeremy Kochman (Lehigh), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
Florin Radu (Princeton) def. Mitchell Petersen (Lehigh), 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
Gabriel Rapoport/Blaine Willenborg (Penn) def. Ben Quazzo/Ben Tso (Princeton), 8-7(8)
Tyler Hansen/Graham Lehman (Lehigh) def. Ben Quazzo/Ben Tso (Princeton), 8-7(6)
Singles
Felix Corwin (Minnesota) def. Dan Richardson (Princeton), 6-1, 7-6(2)
Luke Gamble (Princeton) def. Matic Spec (Minnesota), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Mohamed El Tonbari (Princeton) def. Eric Frueh (Minnesota), 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Diego Vives (Princeton) def. Jeremy Lynn (Minnesota) 6-4, 7-6
Florin Radu (Princeton) def. Tucker Saxon (Minnesota), 6-2, 7-5
Crimson Tide Four in the Fall
Doubles
Flight 1 Quarterfinals: Tom Colautti/Josh Yablon (Princeton) def. Yannick Born/Miguel Negre Fernandez (Middle Tenn.), 8-5
Flight 1 Semifinals: Gerhard Gruindelingh/Daniel Leitner (South Alabama) def. Colautti/Yablon (Princeton), 8-6
Flight 1 Consolation: Colautti/Yablon (Princeton) vs. Drew Dawson/Eric Schnurrenberger (Notre Dame), Sat., 10 a.m. ET
Flight 3 Quarterfinals: Tuki Jacobs/Juan Troglia (South Alabama) def. Alex Day/Kial Kaiser (Princeton), 8-6
Flight 3 Consolation Semis: Day/Kaiser (Princeton) def. Gian Issa/Robin Riethmueller (Middle Tenn.), 8-7(3)
Flight 3 Consolation Final: Day/Kaiser (Princeton) vs. Brendon Kempin/Nicolas Montoya (Notre Dame), Sat., 10 a.m. ET
Singles
Flight 1 First Round: Josh Yablon (Princeton) def. Toshiki Matsuya (Illinois), 6-2, 7-5
Flight 1 Quarterfinal: Yablon (Princeton) vs. Eric Schnurrenberger (Notre Dame), 11:30 a.m. ET
Flight 1 First Round: Tom Colautti (Princeton) def. Alex Van Cott (Tulane), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Flight 1 Quarterfinal: Colautti (Princeton) vs. Danny Kerznerman (Alabama), 11:30 a.m. ET
Flight 2 First Round: (48) Becker O'Shaughnessy (Alabama) def. Alex Day (Princeton), 6-2, 6-2
Flight 2 Consolation Quarterfinal: Day (Princeton) vs. George Wall (Dartmouth), 1 p.m. ET
Flight 3 First Round: Miguel Negre Fernandez (Middle Tenn.) def. Kial Kaiser (Princeton), 6-0, 7-5
Flight 3 Consolation Quarterfinal: Kaiser (Princeton) vs. Gustavo Gonzalez (Rice), 1 p.m. ET
ITA rankings in parentheses