The men’s tennis team hosted nine schools this weekend at the Lenz Tennis Center during the Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational. And though the Tigers lost a significant part of last year’s roster to graduation, Princeton finished the three days of competition with a few solid performances.
Sophomore Yohei Shoji and freshman Matt Siow won the “B” doubles title in four matches over the course of the weekend. The pair defeated Penn State’s doubles team of Guillaume St. Maurice and Taylor Cohen in the finals and had the best showing out of Princeton’s doubles pairs.
In his rookie debut, freshman Matt Spindler defeated opponents from Binghamton, Yale and St. John’s to advance to the finals of the “C” bracket, where he fell, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, to Cornell’s Evan Bernstein. Senior Charlie Brosens conceded his semifinal match to the eventual champion after a nagging shoulder injury forced him to stop playing.
Sophomore Coleman Crutchfield, after having a bye in the first round of the “D” singles draw, lost his first match but returned to win the bracket’s consolation title, defeating Penn State’s Guanhua Chen, 6-3, 6-3, on Sunday afternoon.
The Tigers will be on the road for the remainder of the fall season.
The women’s tennis team did not fare as well at the Georgia Tech Invitational. Freshman Monica Chow was undoubtedly the Tigers’ best performer on the weekend, as she claimed singles victories over competitors from Georgia Tech, Georgia and Miami. Sophomore Rachel Saiontz claimed one singles victory, defeating Claudia Wasilweski from Miami, 7-5, 6-2. The Tigers only managed four singles wins on the weekend, however.
Chow and Saiontz teamed up in the doubles round, and the Princeton pair defeated Chelsey Gullickson and Cameron Ellis from Georgia, 8-4. Senior Melissa Saiontz and junior Rebecca Parks also earned a doubles win for the Tigers.
The women’s golf team opened its season by hosting the Princeton Invitational this past weekend at the Springdale Golf Club, finishing third in a field of 12 schools. The Tigers’ final score was 36 over par, 10 strokes behind the winner, Rollins College, and five behind runner-up Harvard.
The rookies made a particularly strong showing for Princeton, with two freshmen in the tournament’s top 10. Individually, freshman Anna Jang held the top position after Saturday’s play, ending the day with 72 strokes. She picked up extra strokes on Sunday, however, finishing with a 148 and tying for second with Harvard’s Christine Cho. Both landed two shots behind Rollins’ Joanna Coe, the individual tournament winner. Freshman Olivia Garard finished in the 10th spot with a 152.
The men traveled to Long Island to compete in the McLaughlin Invitational hosted by St. John’s. In three rounds, Princeton finished eighth of 18 teams, 34 strokes behind tournament winner.
“I think everyone felt okay with how we did, but we were all looking to do a little better coming off our match with Stanford,” senior Gregory Stamas said. “Given that it was the first tournament of the year, and that some of the guys didn’t get to play as much golf during the summer as they would have liked, this tournament was a good starting point for the season.”
The Tigers were led by Stamas and junior Eric Salazar, who tied with two other golfers for 14th with a score of 213. The three overall winners — Greg Shuman from Harvard, Sam Lyons from Coastal Carolina and Nyasha Mauchaza from Towson — all finished tied at two-under-par with a 208.
“The biggest aspect we need to work on as a team is our short game — our putting in particular,” Stamas said. “I think many of us missed more putts than we should have, and that prevented us from finishing in the top five. Going forward, that’s something that we are definitely going to have to improve. Xavier’s course is pretty straight forward — and the scores are going to be pretty low — so we’re going to have to convert our birdie opportunities if we’re going to do well.”
The women will travel next weekend to Kentucky for the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational, while the men will take next weekend off before traveling to Ohio for the Xavier Invitational.
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