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Jonathan Carcione, Tom Colautti and Payton Holden won the team's annual awards.
Men's Tennis Team Awards Annual Program Honors
May 11, 2017 | Men's Tennis
Seniors Jonathan Carcione and Tom Colautti and freshman Payton Holden earned the Princeton men's tennis program's annual honors at the team's year-end banquet Thursday afternoon in Princeton.
Carcione earned both the George Myers Church Tennis Trophy, awarded annually to the player who has done most to advance the interests of tennis at Princeton, and the David Benjamin Academic and Athletic Achievement Award, given only in years when a senior has combined outstanding intellectual curiosity and team leadership throughout his college career. The award is named for Benjamin, who stands as Princeton's all-time winningest tennis coach at 339 wins. Carcione, an ecology and evolutionary biology major, won 13 singles matches between the fall and spring seasons and added 11 doubles wins.
Colautti earned the Leon Lapidus Award, given to the team's most outstanding player. A second-team All-Ivy League honoree, Colautti won 15 singles matches overall and 11 in the spring, including a 6-3 record on court one. In doubles, Colautti won 22 matches, playing primarily with rookie Holden on court two.
Holden won the Richard Swinnerton Trophy, the team's most outstanding freshman honor. He led the team in both singles and doubles victories, winning 20 singles matches and 12 in fall tournament play. Thirteen of his 25 doubles wins came in spring duals.
The team finished 14-12 in duals and 4-3 in Ivy play, posting a winning overall season for the fifth time in as many seasons under head coach Billy Pate.
Below: Jonathan Carcione with David Benjamin
Carcione earned both the George Myers Church Tennis Trophy, awarded annually to the player who has done most to advance the interests of tennis at Princeton, and the David Benjamin Academic and Athletic Achievement Award, given only in years when a senior has combined outstanding intellectual curiosity and team leadership throughout his college career. The award is named for Benjamin, who stands as Princeton's all-time winningest tennis coach at 339 wins. Carcione, an ecology and evolutionary biology major, won 13 singles matches between the fall and spring seasons and added 11 doubles wins.
Colautti earned the Leon Lapidus Award, given to the team's most outstanding player. A second-team All-Ivy League honoree, Colautti won 15 singles matches overall and 11 in the spring, including a 6-3 record on court one. In doubles, Colautti won 22 matches, playing primarily with rookie Holden on court two.
Holden won the Richard Swinnerton Trophy, the team's most outstanding freshman honor. He led the team in both singles and doubles victories, winning 20 singles matches and 12 in fall tournament play. Thirteen of his 25 doubles wins came in spring duals.
The team finished 14-12 in duals and 4-3 in Ivy play, posting a winning overall season for the fifth time in as many seasons under head coach Billy Pate.
Below: Jonathan Carcione with David Benjamin
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