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The men’s tennis team ended its regular season with two matches over the weekend. The No. 48 Tigers (16-6 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) faced No. 51 Cornell, (14-8, 3-4) on Friday in Ithaca, winning in a solid 5-2 victory. On Princeton's Senior Day on Sunday, the Tigers faced No. 47 Columbia (15-7, 5-2), losing in a close 4-3 battle. The No. 73 women (12-7, 4-3) beat Cornell (14-4, 3-4) with the same score as the men, 5-2, on Friday, but also fell to No. 65 Columbia (12-5, 6-1) 7-0 on Sunday.
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The men’s and women’s tennis teams faced two more Ivy League opponents this weekend playing Yale and Brown. The No. 51 men’s team (14-4 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) went undefeated, taking down No. 54 Yale 5-2 and Brown 4-3 in a very close match, while the No. 65 women (10-5, 2-1) split their weekend, losing to Yale and beating Brown.
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Following a 4-3 conference finish last spring in which it was in contention for the Ivy League championship during the final weekend of play, the men’s tennis team entered this year looking to build off the success of last year’s strong freshman class and challenge again for the league title. The women’s team faced a different challenge, as it looked to follow up a dominating 7-0 Ivy League championship season last spring.
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"His style is impetuous, his defense is impregnable, and he’s just ferocious," sophomore tennis player Matt Siow said of sophomore teammate Matija Pecotic, echoing the words of retired heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. Siow is also a sports writer for The Daily Princetonian.
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After pulling out 4-3 victories in five of its first six conference matches, the No. 58 men’s tennis team (13-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) found itself on the wrong end of a 4-3 decision on Sunday, shattering its hopes of its first NCAA Tournament appearance in more than a decade.