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Anna Harris

Men’s Tennis Battles No. 20 Princeton

| By: Anna Harris (aharris19@binghamton.edu)

Bearcats drop 5-2 decision, Weekes picks up wins at second doubles and fifth singles

Box Score PRINCETON, N.J. (binghamtonbearcats.com) - Binghamton Men's Tennis (4-7, 1-1) dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 20 Princeton (11-4) Friday afternoon inside the Lenz Tennis Center. 

"I'm really proud of Kyle's effort today, he's been working on his approach mentally this week in training and it came through today, " said Head Coach Nick Zieziula. "Doubles is continuing to move in the right direction - we just have to keep building through a long weekend."

HOW IT HAPPENED 
Princeton picked up a win at first doubles to take an early advantage before Kyle Weekes and James McPherson notched a 6-2 victory over the Tigers' Filippos Astreinidis and Matthew Bosancic. The ITA ranks Astreinidis No. 45 in the nation with doubles partner Paul Inchauspe. Princeton clinched the doubles decision with a win in the final spot to gain a 1-0 lead.

The Tigers earned two more decisions at No. 1 and No. 3 singles to open up individual play. Weekes and Zubin Omar then registered two straight-set singles wins to cut Princeton's edge to one, 3-2. The Tigers claimed a 5-2 team victory next after recording victories at second and fourth singles, respectively. 

RESULTS - PRINCETON 5, BINGHAMTON 2

DOUBLES 
1. Ardila/Mitric (PU) def. Lotlikar/Morais Binnie (BING), 6-1
2. Weekes/McPherson (BING) def. Astreinidis/Bosancic (PU), 6-2
3. Bigun/Wen (PU) def. Fang/Costa (BING), 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

SINGLES 
1. Ellis Short (PU) def. William Morais Binnie (BING), 6-1, 6-1
2. Evan Wen (PU) def. Ronin Lotlikar (BING), 7-5, 6-3
3. Milan Markovits (PU) def. Andre Ajed (BING), 6-1, 6-3
4. Mecca Bigun (PU) def. Filipe Costa (BING), 6-0, 6-4
5. Kyle Weekes (BING) def. Matthew Bosancic (PU), 6-4, 6-3
6. Zubin Omar (BING) def. Aidan Mahoney (PU), 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 6, 5, 2, 4

UP NEXT
Binghamton heads to Cumberland, R.I., for a doubleheader against NEC opponent Stonehill and Nichols, Saturday, March 1. The Bearcats are slated to face the Skyhawks at 1 p.m. and the Bison at 4 p.m. 

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