Box Score STOCKTON, Calif. – In the battle of the Tigers, the No. 59 Pacific men's tennis team got off to a strong start by winning doubles, but No. 17 Princeton was able to grab four singles courts for a 4-3 decision Sunday in front of a lively crowd at the Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center.
An unbeaten day came from junior
Terence Das. He clinched the doubles point alongside junior
Tiago Silva on court three, 6-4, and followed it up with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory in singles on court six. Das and Silva improved to 7-2 on the year in doubles.
On court one in doubles, the team of graduate
Ran Amar and sophomore
Christof Schaertlin Coffey won 6-4. Pacific (6-6) was also ahead 5-4 on court two with senior
Justas Trainauskas and freshman
Jonty Giesen in an unfinished match.
Pacific had its chances in singles, but Princeton (16-4) won a trio of straight-setters on courts one, two and four to leap ahead. Princeton won a critical three-set match on court three to clinch the match.
The teams played out the final court, which freshman
Vraj Patel came back to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. It was his third consecutive win after winning straight-set matches against South Florida and Montana.
Pacific will remain at home next Sunday to host Eastern Washington at 10 a.m. at the Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center.
Doubles Competition
1.
Ran Amar/
Christof Schaertlin Coffey (PAC) def. Filippos Astreinidis/Paul Inchauspe (PRIN) 6-4
2.
Jonty Giesen/Justas Trainauska (PAC) vs. Ellis Short/Top Nidunjianzan (PRIN) 5-4, unfinished
3.
Terence Das/
Tiago Silva (PAC) def. Aleksandar Mitric/Evan Wen (PRIN) 6-4
Singles Competition
1. Paul Inchauspe (PRIN) def.
Tiago Silva (PAC) 6-3, 7-5
2. Top Nidunjianzan (PRIN) def.
Justas Trainauskas (PAC) 6-2, 6-3
3. Ellis Short (PRIN) def.
Ran Amar (PAC) 7-5, 0-6, 6-4
4. Evan Wen (PRIN) def.
Christof Schaertlin Coffey (PAC) 6-1, 6-2
5.
Vraj Patel (PAC) def. Aleksandar Mitric (PRIN) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
6.
Terence Das (PAC) def. Milan Markovits (PRIN) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
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