Army West Point Athletics
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Cadets Fall on the Road at Princeton
January 27, 2019 | Men's Tennis
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Army men's tennis team hit the road Sunday afternoon for the first time this spring. The Black Knights (1-3) fell 7-0 to the Princeton Tigers.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Princeton opened the match strong with two doubles victories at No. 1 and No. 2 to clinch the opening point.
- In the consolation match at No. 3, Alejandro Quiros and Diego Huttepain forced a tie-breaker against Poling/Peters, but came up just short, 7-6(7-1).
- Singles play was all Tigers, as Princeton won at courts 2, 5, and 6 in straight sets to clinch the victory.
- Duo gave the Tigers their fifth point with another straight sets win at No. 3.
- Poling followed with a win at No. 1 to put Princeton ahead 6-0.
- Freshman Nikita Larichev split the first two sets at No. 4, but dropped the tie-break, 10-3 to make it 7-0 Tigers at conclusion
BOX SCORE
Doubles
Rodriguez/Barki (PU) def. Conlin/Larichev (Army), 6-3
Holden/Duo (PU) def. Mitchell/Gorshein (Army), 6-4
Poling/Peters (PU) def. Quiros/Huttepain (Army), 7-6 (7-1)
Order of finish (1,2,3)
Singles
Poling (PU) def. Conlin, 7-6, 6-2
Roberts (PU) def. Mitchell, 6-2, 6-2
Duo (PU) def. Huttepain, 6-3, 6-2
Peters (PU) def. Larichev (Army), 6-4, 5-7, 10-3
Holden (PU) def. Quiros (Army), 6-0, 6-4
Wasserman (PU) def. Gorshein (Army), 6-4, 6-0
Order of finish (2,5,6,3,1,4)
UP NEXT
The Black Knights return home to take on Binghamton, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. from the Lichtenberg Tennis Center.
