March 7, 2008

Princeton, N.J. - Tied 3-3, junior Juan Carlos Cotto (Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico) fell to Parker Preyer of Princeton as the Tigers defeated the Stony Brook men's tennis team, 4-3 at Jadwin Gym on Friday afternoon.

Princeton won the doubles point, topping Stony Brook 8-4 in #1 doubles and 8-3 in #2 and #3 doubles, respectively.

After losing the first two singles matches in straight sets, the Seawolves came back to win the next three singles' points. Junior Youssef Fassi-Fehri (Fes, Morocco) and sophomore Jon Epstein (Silver Spring, Md.) won at #3 and #4 singles and sophomore Alex Markovich (Brooklyn, N.Y.) outlasted Alex Foust in three sets.

Cotto battled Preyer but fell 6-1, 6-4.

The men's tennis team is off to Florida where it faces Stetson in Naples, Fla on March 18. Match one is scheduled for 2 pm.

Doubles
#1 George Carpeni/Alex Faust def. Ivan Rummel/Youssef Fassi-Fehri 8-4

#2 Ilya Trubov/Mark Gober lost to Artem Baradach/Alex Markovich 8-3

#3 Peter Capkovic/Ryan Kim def. Jon Epstein/Will Allen 8-3

Singles
#1 Capkovic def. Baradach 6-0, 6-2

#2 Carpeni def. Rummel 7-5, 6-1

#3 Kim lost to Fassi-Fehri 6-2,7-5

#4 Gober lost to Epstein 6-4, 6-0

#5 Faust lost to Markovich 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (6)

#6 Parker Preyer def. Juan Carlos Cotto 6-1, 6-4