PRINCETON, N.J. – The Yale men's tennis team gave No. 24 Princeton all it could handle before falling 4-3.
In doubles, the Yale duo of
Theo Dean and
Aidan Reilly defeated Filippos Astreinidis and Paul Inchauspe, who are ranked No. 36 by the ITA. That victory coupled with
Vignesh Gogineni and
Eric Li winning at No. 2 earned the Bulldogs the doubles point.
In singles, Gogineni was a straight sets winner over Inchauspe, who is ranked No. 34, at No. 1. In addition,
Eric Li won a pair of tiebreakers to defeat Sebastian Sec at No. 3.
Yale is now 11-9 overall and 2-2 in Ivy play.
After playing three of their first four Ivy matches on the road, the Bulldogs are home for their next two – hosting Columbia and Cornell next weekend.
Princeton 4, Yale 3:
Doubles
1.
Theo Dean/
Aidan Reilly (Yale) def. Filippos Astreinidis/Paul Inchauspe (Prin.) 7-6
2.
Vignesh Gogineni/
Eric Li (Yale) def. Landon Ardila/Ellis Short (Prin.) 6-1
3. Sebastian Sec/Alan Kam (Prin.) def.
Jim Ji/
Dylan Tsoi (Yale) 6-2
Singles
1.
Vignesh Gogineni (Yale) def. Paul Inchauspe (Prin.) 6-3, 6-2
2. Top Nidunjianzan (Prin.) def.
Theo Dean (Yale) 6-4, 6-4
3.
Eric Li (Yale) def. Sebastian Sec (Prin.) 7-6, 7-6
4. Landon Ardila (Prin.) def.
Jim Ji (Yale) 6-2, 6-4
5. Ellis Short (Prin.) def.
Aidan Reilly (Yale) 6-3, 7-5
6. Alan Kam (Prin.) def.
Dylan Tsoi (Yale) 6-4, 7-6
