Princeton University Athletics
Friday, February 24
Montgomery, Ala.
1:30 PM ET
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Tom Colautti won his singles match Friday, but the Tigers fell to Auburn 4-2.
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Auburn Defeats Men's Tennis Team in Blue Gray Opener
February 24, 2017 | Men's Tennis
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Auburn defeated the Princeton men's tennis team 4-2 to open the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Ala., Friday.
In a split match that will finish Saturday at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT, Princeton will face Texas Tech after the Red Raiders won the doubles point Friday after the Tigers' match with Auburn. Tom Colautti and Payton Holden won their match on court two in the battle for the doubles point against Texas Tech, but the Red Raiders won on the other two courts to get the point
Against Auburn, the southern Tigers took the doubles point before Princeton took a 2-1 lead with wins from Tom Colautti and Kial Kaiser at second and third. Auburn, though, took the next three matches to finish, completing the win.
"Disappointing loss today as we had a lot of momentum and simply didn't capitalize," Princeton coach Billy Pate said. "We simply have to be better at playing with sustained confidence and finishing. We didn't play a very good doubles point and that hurt us as well. Auburn did a good job of hanging around in singles and struck at the right moment. We'll get right back at it and expect a better performance."
Order of finish: Doubles: 2, 3, 1; Singles: 2, 3, 1, 4, 5
Auburn defeated the Princeton men's tennis team 4-2 to open the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Ala., Friday.
In a split match that will finish Saturday at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT, Princeton will face Texas Tech after the Red Raiders won the doubles point Friday after the Tigers' match with Auburn. Tom Colautti and Payton Holden won their match on court two in the battle for the doubles point against Texas Tech, but the Red Raiders won on the other two courts to get the point
Against Auburn, the southern Tigers took the doubles point before Princeton took a 2-1 lead with wins from Tom Colautti and Kial Kaiser at second and third. Auburn, though, took the next three matches to finish, completing the win.
"Disappointing loss today as we had a lot of momentum and simply didn't capitalize," Princeton coach Billy Pate said. "We simply have to be better at playing with sustained confidence and finishing. We didn't play a very good doubles point and that hurt us as well. Auburn did a good job of hanging around in singles and struck at the right moment. We'll get right back at it and expect a better performance."
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| 1st Singles | |
| (59) Maxime Hinnisdaels (Auburn) def. Alex Day (Princeton) | 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 |
| 2nd Singles | |
| Tom Colautti (Princeton) def. Carles Sarrio (Auburn) | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 3rd Singles | |
| Kial Kaiser (Princeton) def. Conner Huertas del Pino (Auburn) | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 4th Singles | |
| Edward Nguyen (Auburn) def. Luke Gamble (Princeton) | 6-7, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 5th Singles | |
| Olle Thestrup (Auburn) def. Payton Holden (Princeton) | 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 |
| 6th Singles | |
| Brandon Laubser (Auburn) vs. Jimmy Wasserman (Princeton) | 7-6 (P) DNF |
| 1st Doubles | |
| (17) Hinnisdaels/Huertas del Pino (Auburn) def. (14) Day/Gamble (Princeton) | 7-5 |
| 2nd Doubles | |
| Colautti/Holden (Princeton) def. Nguyen/Thestrup (Auburn) | 6-2 |
| 3rd Doubles | |
| Laubser/Sarrio (Auburn) def. Kaiser/Diego Vives (Princeton) | 6-4 |
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