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Princeton University Athletics
Men’s Tennis Announces 2024-25 Schedule
August 23, 2024 | Men's Tennis
PRINCETON, N.J.- Princeton University men's tennis Head Coach Billy Pate announced the Tigers' 2024-25 schedule Friday as the program looks to make back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament and its third in the past four seasons.
The Tigers ended 2024 ranked No. 36 by Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and made their way to the NCAA Championships with a 22-8 record and went 10-0 at home.
"I know our squad is extremely excited to begin the season and face some of the nation's best players and teams this year," Pate said. "I always feel there are years where your team can't wait to continue the momentum from the previous season - this is undoubtedly one of those situations. We were proud of the success last year, but we are hungry to continue building and improving."
Schedule Notes
- Princeton opens the fall season at ITA All Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma from Sep. 21-29.
- The ITA Regional Championships will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Oct. 11-14.
- The Tigers will host the Farnsworth Invitational from Nov. 1-3.
- For the first time ever, the NCAA Individual Championships will be held at the end of the fall season in Waco, Texas from Nov. 19-24.
- Princeton will face 18 teams that were ranked in final ITA rankings last season.
- The 18 teams represent 24% of the final poll of 75.
- The spring season will start off on January 17, 2025, in South Bend, Indiana against Notre Dame, who ended 2024 ranked No. 55 by ITA.
- The ITA Kickoff will take place in Columbus, Ohio from Jan. 25-26 and Princeton will play Denver and either Ohio State or Louisville.
- The Tigers' home opener will come on Feb. 7 and they will face Buffalo and NC State.
- Princeton looks to defend its ECAC title from Feb. 14-16 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- The Tigers will settle in for a home stand from Feb. 21-Mar. 3 and will play seven matches on their home courts against opponents including Oklahoma State, Boise State, and Middle Tennessee.
- The team will travel to the west coast for matches in Stockton and Indian Wells, California, the home of the BNP Paribas Open from Mar. 9-15.
- Conference play will kick off on Mar. 29 with a home match against Penn followed by matches against Harvard (Apr. 5) and Dartmouth (Apr. 6) before the team goes back on the road for a match against Cornell (Apr. 11).
- Columbia, who ended 2024 ranked No. 8 by ITA, will travel to Princeton on Apr. 13.
- The regular season will conclude with road matches at Yale and Brown before the NCAA Tournament.
- The NCAA Tournament begins on May 2 with regional play and will conclude with the Team Championships from May 15-18.
Princeton returns four seniors, Filippos Astreinidis, Matthew Bosancic, Alan Kam, and Aidan Mahoney, three juniors, Fnu Nidunjianzan, Sebastian Sec, and Ellis Short, and four sophomores Landon Ardila, Paul Inchauspe, Aleksandar Mitric and Evan Wen. The Tigers also welcome two newcomers Meecah Bigun and Milan Markovits.
Inchauspe hopes to capitalize on a strong freshman season ending with several honors including earning Ivy League Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Ivy League Singles recognition along with qualifying for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Tournaments. He was joined by Astreinidis in the doubles tournament. The duo was ranked as high as No. 16 in the nation and posted 12 victories at the No. 1 position.
Nidunjianzan and Sec each tallied 18 wins, tied for the second most on the team. Nidunjianzan earned his second straight First Team All-Ivy Recognition.
"The guys worked hard over the summer and several had great success competing in events domestically and abroad and we are fortunate to have two standout first year players (Bigun and Markovits) joining an already deep and talented group," Pate said. "With the opening of our new state of the art indoor/outdoor facility, combined with a more battle-tested team, the sky is the limit. We'll get our chance with the difficult schedule and it will be wonderful to showcase many of those matches at our home venue."
Fans can keep up with the team on social media by following @ptonmenstennis on Twitter/X and @Princetonmenstennis on Instagram.
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