Saturday, March 15
Indian Wells, Calif.
12:30 PM ET/9:30 AM PT
Princeton University
2
vs
4
No. 45 Arizona State
Landon Ardila
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No. 26 Men’s Tennis Drops Match To No. 45 Arizona State
March 15, 2025 | Men's Tennis
INDIAN WELLS, Calif.- The Princeton men's tennis team faced the Arizona State Sun Devils in the semifinal match of the UTR Sports Collegiate Championships on Saturday afternoon.
The Tigers started off picking up the doubles point with victories from Paul Inchauspe and Filippos Astreinidis on court one and Landon Ardila and Aleksandar Mitric on court three.
Landon Ardila earned the lone win in singles for Princeton with a 6-4, 6-4 victory.
"It was a disappointing result today after we played a great doubles point and built a lot of momentum in singles while getting to a 2-0 lead," head coach Billy Pate said. "We had our opportunities to put ASU away, but they deserve a lot of credit for hanging around and finding the deciding point. As it's been the case in practically all of our losses this year, we had momentum changing points on our racquet. We felt we were in a good place with Ellis at No. 4 as he was up a set and 4-1 in the 2nd set when the match was clinched. We simply need to be better in those pivotal moments and I'm confident that we will going forward. We'll face a very good Pepperdine squad tomorrow and it's another chance to get right back on the court and prove ourselves."
Results
Doubles
Order of finish: 1,3
Order of finish: 3,6,1,2, 5
Princeton will face No. 28 Pepperdine in the tournament's third place match. The contest will not begin before 2:30 PM ET/11:30 AM PT.
The Tigers started off picking up the doubles point with victories from Paul Inchauspe and Filippos Astreinidis on court one and Landon Ardila and Aleksandar Mitric on court three.
Landon Ardila earned the lone win in singles for Princeton with a 6-4, 6-4 victory.
"It was a disappointing result today after we played a great doubles point and built a lot of momentum in singles while getting to a 2-0 lead," head coach Billy Pate said. "We had our opportunities to put ASU away, but they deserve a lot of credit for hanging around and finding the deciding point. As it's been the case in practically all of our losses this year, we had momentum changing points on our racquet. We felt we were in a good place with Ellis at No. 4 as he was up a set and 4-1 in the 2nd set when the match was clinched. We simply need to be better in those pivotal moments and I'm confident that we will going forward. We'll face a very good Pepperdine squad tomorrow and it's another chance to get right back on the court and prove ourselves."
Results
Doubles
Order of finish: 1,3
- Paul Inchauspe / Filippos Astreinidis (PRIN) def. Matic Dimic/Bor Artnak (ASU) 6-4
- Fnu Nidunjianzan / Ellis Short (PRIN) vs. Nicola Cigna/Constantinos Koshis (ASU) 5-4 unf.
- Landon Ardila / Aleksandar Mitric (PRIN) def. Tanner Povey/Mikey Anderson (ASU) 6-4
Order of finish: 3,6,1,2, 5
- Bor Artnak (ASU) def. Paul Inchauspe (PRIN) 7-6(5), 7-6(4)
- Mathis Bondaz (ASU) def. Fnu Nidunjianzan (PRIN) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Landon Ardila (PRIN) def. Nicola Cigna (ASU) 6-4, 6-4
- Ellis Short (PRIN) vs. Constantinos Koshis (ASU) 6-4, 6-6 unf.
- Matic Dimic (ASU) def. Evan Wen (PRIN) 7-5, 6-1, 7-6(5)
- Roi Ginat (ASU) def. Aleksandar Mitric (PRIN) 7-5, 6-2
Princeton will face No. 28 Pepperdine in the tournament's third place match. The contest will not begin before 2:30 PM ET/11:30 AM PT.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Bor Artnak / 0 (109/-) [ASU]
77
66
#2 Singles Match
123
Mathis Bondaz / 0 [ASU]
366
643
#3 Singles Match
12
Nicola Cigna / 0 [ASU]
44
66
#4 Singles Match
123
Constantinos Koshis / 0 [ASU]
660
46UF
#5 Singles Match
123
Matic Dimic / 0 [ASU]
717
566
#6 Singles Match
12
Roi Ginat / 0 [ASU]
76
52
Order of Finish:
3,6,1,2,5
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