Friday, September 22
Princeton, N.J.
All Day
Princeton University
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Ivy Plus Invitational
Sophomore Davey Roberts and the Tigers opened the Ivy Plus Invitational Friday.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Four Tigers Earn Singles Wins on First Day at Ivy Plus
September 22, 2017 | Men's Tennis
Four Tigers earned singles wins Friday as the Ivy Plus tournament got underway at the Lenz Tennis Center.
Rookies Ryan Seggerman, Kabir Sarita and Damian Rodriguez won their first-round singles contests, as did sophomore Davey Roberts among the six Tigers who played. Rodriguez and senior Kial Kaiser teamed up for a first-round doubles win before falling in the quarterfinals.
"I thought we did a pretty good job in singles today," Princeton coach Billy Pate said. "We had some solid performances, particularly with Seggerman beating a very experienced player from South Carolina. We need to address some things in doubles because we were not sharp there. We're excited to get back out there tomorrow and continue to improve against some great competition."
Princeton's results from Friday are below, and complete updated draws can be found here. Play will resume Saturday for two rounds of singles with the Tiger and Nassau flights beginning at 8:30 a.m. and playing again at 1 p.m. and the Lenz and Cordish playing at 10:30 a.m. and again at 3 p.m.
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Orange
Andres Andrade/Stephen Madonia (Florida) def. Ryan Seggerman/Diego Vives (Princeton), 8-5
Pagoda
Kial Kaiser/Damian Rodriguez (Princeton) def. Ryan Cheng/Andrew Heller (Yale), 8-6
Jadwin
Alejandro Estrada/Nicola Pipoli (Monmouth) def. Davey Roberts/Ben Tso (Princeton), 8-5
Semifinals
Pagoda
William Matheson/Michael Rolski (Columbia) def. Kaiser/Rodriguez (Princeton), 8-7
Consolation Semifinals
Orange
Thomas Brown/Yancy Dennis (South Carolina) def. Seggerman/Vives (Princeton), 8-2
Jadwin
David Horneffer/Max Fliegner (Dartmouth) def. Roberts/Tso (Princeton), 8-4
Singles
First Round
Tiger
Ryan Seggerman (Princeton) def. Yancy Dennis (South Carolina), 7-6(3), 6-3
Nassau
Chase Bernstine (Virginia Tech) def. Kial Kaiser (Princeton), 7-6(4), 6-4
Lenz
Damian Rodriguez (Princeton) def. Wood Benton (South Carolina), 6-4, 6-4
Andres Andrade (Florida) def. Jimmy Wasserman (Princeton), 6-3, 6-3
Cordish
Davey Roberts (Princeton) def. Galen Lee (Harvard), 6-2, 6-2
Kabir Sarita (Princeton) def. Ryan Kros (Virginia Tech), 6-4, 6-2
Rookies Ryan Seggerman, Kabir Sarita and Damian Rodriguez won their first-round singles contests, as did sophomore Davey Roberts among the six Tigers who played. Rodriguez and senior Kial Kaiser teamed up for a first-round doubles win before falling in the quarterfinals.
"I thought we did a pretty good job in singles today," Princeton coach Billy Pate said. "We had some solid performances, particularly with Seggerman beating a very experienced player from South Carolina. We need to address some things in doubles because we were not sharp there. We're excited to get back out there tomorrow and continue to improve against some great competition."
Princeton's results from Friday are below, and complete updated draws can be found here. Play will resume Saturday for two rounds of singles with the Tiger and Nassau flights beginning at 8:30 a.m. and playing again at 1 p.m. and the Lenz and Cordish playing at 10:30 a.m. and again at 3 p.m.
Doubles
Quarterfinals
Orange
Andres Andrade/Stephen Madonia (Florida) def. Ryan Seggerman/Diego Vives (Princeton), 8-5
Pagoda
Kial Kaiser/Damian Rodriguez (Princeton) def. Ryan Cheng/Andrew Heller (Yale), 8-6
Jadwin
Alejandro Estrada/Nicola Pipoli (Monmouth) def. Davey Roberts/Ben Tso (Princeton), 8-5
Semifinals
Pagoda
William Matheson/Michael Rolski (Columbia) def. Kaiser/Rodriguez (Princeton), 8-7
Consolation Semifinals
Orange
Thomas Brown/Yancy Dennis (South Carolina) def. Seggerman/Vives (Princeton), 8-2
Jadwin
David Horneffer/Max Fliegner (Dartmouth) def. Roberts/Tso (Princeton), 8-4
Singles
First Round
Tiger
Ryan Seggerman (Princeton) def. Yancy Dennis (South Carolina), 7-6(3), 6-3
Nassau
Chase Bernstine (Virginia Tech) def. Kial Kaiser (Princeton), 7-6(4), 6-4
Lenz
Damian Rodriguez (Princeton) def. Wood Benton (South Carolina), 6-4, 6-4
Andres Andrade (Florida) def. Jimmy Wasserman (Princeton), 6-3, 6-3
Cordish
Davey Roberts (Princeton) def. Galen Lee (Harvard), 6-2, 6-2
Kabir Sarita (Princeton) def. Ryan Kros (Virginia Tech), 6-4, 6-2
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