Men's Tennis

Megan Bradley-Rose, head coach of the women’s tennis team, will leave the program after three seasons, she announced in a University release on Monday evening. The announcement comes one week after men’s tennis head coach Glenn Michibata resigned, leaving both Princeton teams searching for new coaches.

The men’s tennis team suffered its first Ivy League loss on Saturday, falling to No. 62 Dartmouth 4-3 before losing to No. 24 Harvard 5-2 the following day. The women’s team swept its Dartmouth and Harvard counterparts, defeating Dartmouth 6-1 and No. 72 Harvard 4-3. The victories over the Big Green and the Crimson propelled the women to second place in the Ivy League, while the two losses the men suffered dropped them to a two-way tie for second place.   

With eight of its previous nine Ivy League matches having been decided by one point, the odds were high that the men’s tennis team would find itself in close contests as it hosted Brown and Yale this weekend. Princeton (12-8 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) continued its trend of winning 4-3 as sophomore Dan Richardson provided the clinching match against No. 54 Brown on Saturday before junior Matt Siow clinched another 4-3 victory over Yale the following day.

The No. 69 women’s tennis team (8-10, 1-2) didn’t fare as well against Brown and Yale, losing 5-2 to No. 53 Brown on Friday before falling 4-3 to No. 27 Yale on Saturday.

 

The men’s and women’s tennis teams enjoyed a successful opening to Ivy League play this weekend as the men defeated Penn in Philadelphia on Saturday and the women beat the Quakers at Jadwin Gymnasium. Despite falling behind 3-1 early, the men rallied off three straight singles victories to defeat Penn 4-3, with junior Matt Siow providing the clinching win in a third-set tiebreaker. The No. 70 women opened the match against the Quakers by sweeping the doubles point and continued to dominate on the singles courts to defeat Penn 6-1.

The men’s and women’s tennis teams continued dual match play this weekend, as the men hosted Buffalo and Fairleigh Dickinson in a doubleheader on Sunday and the women traveled to Birmingham, Ala. to compete in the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic. The men’s team swept its doubleheader while the No. 40 women’s team was swept in three matches.