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Men's Tennis Tops Cornell 5-1 to Win First ECAC Title Since 2001
February 14, 2016 | Men's Tennis
Postmatch video with head coach Billy Pate and junior Josh Yablon
For the first time since 2001, the Princeton men's tennis team has won the ECAC Championship.
The nationally 45th-ranked Tigers completed their three-match march through the bracket with a 5-1 win over No. 60 Cornell Sunday at Penn to end a streak of five appearances in a finals without a win, last in 2008.
Princeton got wins from Alex Day and Luke Gamble on court one and Tom Colautti and Josh Yablon on court three to secure the afternoon's first point, and wins from Diego Vives, Luke Gamble and Alex Day put Princeton over the top.
The win was Princeton's eighth in a row, its longest winning streak since 1996. Extending the streak to a ninth win, which would be its longest since 1981, will take a win over Rice, which was ranked 50th in the nation on Feb. 3, the most recent ITA rankings. The Owls have faced three ranked teams in their last five matches, defeating then-No. 30 LSU 4-3 and Cornell 4-1 before a loss to No. 21 Northwestern 4-1.
Princeton's match against the Owls will take place on Rice's campus in Houston with a 1 p.m. ET start.
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(45) Princeton (8-2) vs. (60) Cornell (3-6) Feb. 14, 2016 • Philadelphia, Pa. |
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Doubles
| 1 | Day/Gamble (P) | |
Sinclair/Volfson (C) | 6-3 |
| 2 | Vives/Jimmy Wasserman (P) | DNF | Casares Rosa/Vrabel (C) | 4-4 |
| 3 | Colautti/Yablon (P) | |
Arem/Lozic (C) | 6-4 |
Singles
| 1 | Diego Vives (P) | |
David Volfson (C) | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 2 | Tom Colautti (P) | |
Colin Sinclair (C) | 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 3 | (123) Alex Day (P) | |
Bernardo Casares Rosa (C) | 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 |
| 4 | Josh Yablon (P) | |
Chris Vrabel (C) | 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 |
| 5 | Kial Kaiser (P) | DNF | Karlo Lozic (C) | 1-6, 7-5, 6-5 P |
| 6 | Luke Gamble (P) | |
Karim Arem (C) | 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 |
| Match notes: Princeton is now 2-0 this season against teams ranked by the ITA at the time of the match ... This was Princeton's 11th ECAC finals appearance, all since 1996. |
| Order of finish: Doubles: 1,3; Singles: 1,2,6,3,4 |
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Coach Billy Pate on the match: "We knew Cornell would come after us, and they did. They're a very talented team, top to bottom. We were expecting tough matches, which is what we got. Every single match was very close. We're really happy to get through and I'm very proud of the guys." |