March 17, 2011
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State men's tennis team got an impressive 5-2 victory over the No. 53 ranked Princeton Tigers in their first match of the SDSU-USD Invitational at the Aztec Tennis Center Thursday afternoon.
The Aztecs (2-9) got an early victory in doubles thanks to the duo of Hunter Nicholas and Giovanni Vaglietti who had a 9-7 victory over Matija Pecotic and Matt Siow. The clinching doubles victory came in match #3 with a win from Andre Feliz and Jose Sierra Short who beat Yohej Shoji and Dan Davies 8-1.
The Aztecs won four of the six singles matches. The four wins were highlighted by Giovanni Vaglietti's win over Matija Pecotic 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4). Tim Schulz van Endert was victorious with a hard fought win over Augie Bloom 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
San Diego State continues the SDSU-USD Invitational tomorrow afternoon.
San Diego State 5, No. 53 Princeton 2
Aztec Tennis Center - San Diego, Calif.
Doubles
1.Nicholas/Vagliettii (SDSU) def. Pecotic/Siow (Princeton), 9-7
2.Faust/Bloom (Priceton) def. Pulgar/Schulz van Edert (SDSU) 9-8 (7-3)
3.Fleiz/Sierra Short (SDSU) def. Shoji/Davies (Princeton), 8-1
Singles
1.Giovanni Vagglietti (SDSU) def. Matija Pecotic (Princeton), 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4)
2.Javier Pulgar (SDSU) def. Matt Spindler (Princeton), 6-3, 7-6 (7-0)
3.Tim Schulz van Endert (SDSU) def. Augie Bloom (Princeton) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
4.Matt Siow (Princeton) def. Andre Feliz (SDSU) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3
5.Juan Florez (SDSU) def. Dan Richardson (Princeton) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3)
6.Alex Faust (Princeton) def. Jose Sierra Short (SDSU) 6-3, 7-5