Men’s Tennis Starts Out Strong at Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational
Sunday, 09/16/2012
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Columbia men's tennis team had a strong start to the 2012-13 season Friday at the Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational. Of the 18 matches in which Columbia competed, the Lions came out on top in 14.
Eric Rubin opened the tournament with a pair of wins in the Jadwin Draw. Rubin won both matches in straight sets, defeating opponents form Bucknell and Yale. Bert Vancura also notched two wins Friday, using three sets to top Aswin Nambi from Binghamton, before dropping Princeton's Jonathan Carcione, 6-3, 6-4.
Columbia got two more wins from both Winston Lin and Ashok Narayana. Lin, competing in the Tiger Draw, needed three sets in both of his opening day matches, but was victorious in both. Narayana, playing in the Cordish Draw, used only two sets to win his each of first two matches.
Competing in the Pagoda Draw, Columbia's Daniel Morgan downed Christian McKean from Boston College, 6-3, 6-3, and Princeton's Michael Lin, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Max Schnur made it five Lions to win two singles matches Friday, downing opponents from Cornell and Buffalo.
Two doubles teams also earned wins for Columbia. Narayana and Schnur advanced in the Doubles A bracket with an 8-3 defeat of Wake Forest's Jonathan Ho and Danny Kreyman. Rubin and Vancura edged out St. John's Mike Lampa and Mark Mozer, 8-6.
Play continues at the Lenz Tennis Center in Princeton, N.J. Saturday.
Jersey Draw - Singles
Alexander Maisin (Bing) d. Bert Vancura (C)
Jadwin Draw - Singles
Eric Rubin (C) d. Kelly Morgue (Buck), 6-4, 6-3
Eric Rubin (C) d. Martin Svenning (Yale), 6-4, 6-4
Lenz Draw - Singles
Bert Vancura (C) d. Aswin Nambi (Bing), 3-6, 7-6, 6-1
Bert Vancura (C) d. Jonathan Carcione (Prince), 6-3, 6-4
Tiger Draw - Singles
Winston Lin (C) d. Shane Korber (G'town), 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-1
Winston Lin (C) d. Marc Powers (Yale), 4-6, 6-1, 3-0 Ret.
Cordish Draw - Singles
Ashok Narayana (C) d. Mark Mozer (SJ), 6-3, 6-3
Ashok Narayana (C) d. Dan Richardson, 7-5, 6-3
Pagoda Draw - Singles
Daniel Morgan (C) d. Christian McKean (BC), 6-0, 6-3
Daniel Morgan (C) d. Michael Lin (Prince), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Nassau Draw - Singles
Hugo Morth (SJ) d. Nate Gery (C), 6-3, 6-2
Jason Shkodnik (Buff) d. Nate Gery, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0(8)
Max Schnur (C) d. Spencer Clark (Corn), 6-3, 6-1
Max Schnur (C) d. Akhil Mehta (Buff), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles A
Narayana/Schnur (C) d. Ho/Kreyman (WF), 8-3
Doubles B
Rubin/Vancura (C) d. Lampa/Mozer (SJ), 8-6
Doubles C
Childree/Wagner (BC) d. Gery/Laster (C), 8-3