Tulane University
Princeton/Farnsworth Invitational
Men's Tennis Fares Well in Opening Fall Weekend
Sep 22, 2014 | Men's Tennis
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane men's tennis program posted 10 singles wins and six doubles victories during this past weekend when the squad of eight split up and sent four to the Rice Fall Invitational and four to Princeton, N.J. for the Princeton Farnsworth Ivy Invitational.
Dominik Koepfer, the 98th ranked singles player in the nation, and Chi-Shan Jao each claimed a pair of singles wins at Princeton, while Sebastian Rey and Constantin Schmitz each netted a pair of singles wins at Rice.
"This was a great start for our guys," Tulane head coach Mark Booras said. "These fall tournaments are always a good gauge for us to see where we stand and see what we need to improve on to get ready for the spring season.
"All together I was pleased with the results by the whole team," Booras added. "Dominik had a big win over a ranked player and then returned a few hours later and battled with the No. 8 player in the country. It was nice to see him play at a higher level. Our new guy, Constantin had two clutch wins to start his career."
Koepfer kicked off the weekend by defeating Nicholas Podesta of the University of Pennsylvania, 6-1, 1-0 (ret), in the opening round on the Tiger Draw. Koepfer then edged Dartmouth's Dovydas Sakinis, the 72nd-ranked player in the nation, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, before bowing out in the semifinal round to eighth-ranked Winston Lin of Columbia, 7-5, 6-4.
Jao, opened the Nassau Draw with a 4-6, 7-6, 6-1, victory over Brown's Greg Garcia and then defeated Brown's Justin To, 6-2, 6-4, in a consolation match on Saturday.
In Houston, Schmitz, the lone Green Wave freshman, and Rey each reached the quarterfinal round in the singles Main Draw. Schmitz defeated Texas-Arlington's Carlos Arbiza, 2-6, 7-6, 13-11, in the opening round before upending Nebraska's Marc Hermann, 6-4, 6-0. Schmitz fell to the eventual runner-up, David Warren from Rice, 6-1, 6-4.
Rey cruised to the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4, win over Nebraska's Charlie Shin and a 6-2, 6-0, victory over Rice's Max Andrews. The Tulane sophomore fell to eventual champion Tomas Stillman of UTSA, 6-3, 6-3.
The pair of Schmitz and Rey also teamed up to post two doubles wins and reached the quarterfinal round. The duo defeated UTA's Jonathan Gonzalez and Arbiza, 6-3, in the first round and then got past UTSA's Joel Rubio and Tomas Stillman, 6-5.
In New Jersey, The doubles team of Ian and Alex Van Cott also posted a pair of wins. The Green Wave twins reached the quarterfinal round of the Black Draw with an 8-2 victory over Brown's Aaron Sandberg and Peter Tarwid, and got past Yale's Daniel Faierman and Matt Saiontz, 8-3.
The Green Wave will travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., this coming weekend for the Alabama Four Man that gets underway on Friday and the ITA All-American Qualifier in Tulsa, Okla., that begins on Saturday.
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