March 3, 2010

Princeton, N.J. - Stony Brook University's men's tennis team rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Princeton Tigers in non-conference action on Wednesday night at Jadwin Gymnasium.

Princeton jumped to the early lead, sweeping all three doubles matches to earn the first points of the match. The Tigers also won at No. 1 and No. 2 singles but seniors Jon Epstein (Silver Spring, Md.) and Halvar Dil (Amersfort, Netherlands) and freshman Palash Tiwari each won in straight sets at the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 singles spots, respectively, to even the match at three.

The last match off the court was between sophomore Mitch Wong (Tampa, Fla.) and Coleman Crutchfield at No. 5 singles. Wong won the first set in a tiebreaker before dropping the second set in a tiebreaker. But Wong won the deciding third set, 6-3, to win the match and give the Seawolves the 4-3 victory.

The men return to action on Saturday, March 13, traveling to take on Cornell.

Stony Brook 4, Princeton 3
Doubles
1. Shoji/Siow (P) def. Dil/Wong (S), 8-0
2. Lin/Spindler (P) def. Kailaheimo/Rummel (S), 8-1
3. Crutchfield/Alex Faust (P) def. Epstein/Tiwari (S), 8-7(2)

Singles
1. Charlie Brosens (P) def. Roope Kailaheimo (S), 6-2, 6-3
2. Matt Siow (P) def. Ivan Rummel (S), 6-2, 6-3
3. Jon Epstein (S) def. Matt Spindler (P), 7-6(1), 7-6(2)
4. Halvar Dil (S) def. Yohei Shoji (P), 7-6(4), 6-2
5. Mitch Wong (S) def. Coleman Crutchfield (P), 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-3
6. Palash Tiwari (S) def. Ryan Kim (P), 6-4, 6-4