Liberty Falls 6-1 at Princeton

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Flames tennis team fell 6-1 to Princeton on the road Sunday.

Liberty (4-2) managed to win a single doubles match and a lone singles match against Princeton (3-3).

Liberty's Luis Felipe Miguel was involved in both victories. The sophomore is coming off receiving the Conference USA Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week following a 4-0 weekend (2-0 singles, 2-0 doubles). Miguel improves to 5-1 in singles on the season and 4-0 in doubles.

The Flames fall to 1-1 all-time facing the Tigers.

Thoughts from Head Coach Derek Schwandt
"It was a great opportunity today for the team to compete. You win some and you learn some. We are going to be focused on building momentum into our next match at home on Friday against Presbyterian."

Princeton 6, Liberty 1

Singles Competition
1. Paul Inchauspe (PU) def. R Marques Da Silva (LIBERTYM) 6-3, 6-3
2. Luis Felipe Miguel (LIBERTYM) def. Top Nidunjianzan (PU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Sebastian Sec (PU) def. Deji Thomas-Smith (LIBERTYM) 7-5, 6-3
4. (86) Ellis Short (PU) def. Thando Longwe-Smit (LIBERTYM) 6-2, 7-6
5. Landon Ardila (PU) def. Matija Samardzic (LIBERTYM) 7-6, 6-4
6. Alan Kam (PU) def. Chase Robinson (LIBERTYM) 6-7, 6-0, 1-0 (10-6)

Doubles Competition
1. Paul Inchauspe/Landon Ardila (PU) def. R Hadzimehmedovic/Deji Thomas-Smith (LIBERTYM) 6-3
2. Sebastian Sec/Ellis Short (PU) def. Thando Longwe-Smit/R Marques Da Silva (LIBERTYM) 6-3
3. Luis Felipe Miguel/Matija Samardzic (LIBERTYM) def. Top Nidunjianzan/Alan Kam (PU) 6-3

Liberty 4-2
Princeton 3-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (1,3,5,2,4,6)
T-2:31

How it Happened

Doubles

The Flames picked up a win on court three with Luis Felipe Miguel and Matija Samardzic besting Top Nidunjianzan and Alan Kam 6-3.
Liberty came up short in the No. 1 and 2 doubles matches, falling in both by a 6-3 score.

Singles

Princeton grabbed the first singles point on court one. Rafael Marques Da Silva fell to Paul Inchauspe by a pair of 6-3 sets.
The Tigers earned the third point in the No. 3 singles match. Deji Thoams-Smith was taken down by Sebastian Sec 7-5, 6-3.
Princeton secured the match clinching fourth point on court five as Princeton's Landon Ardila bested Matija Samardzic 7-6, 6-4.
Miguel earned Liberty's lone match point of the match, dominating Nidunjianzan 6-2, 6-3.
Liberty's Longwe-Smit was topped by No. 86 Ellis Short 6-2, 7-6.
Princeton's Kam wrapped up the day, beating Chase Robinson 6-7, 6-0, 1-0 (6)

Up Next
The Flames return to Lynchburg for a match against Presbyterian (4-2) on Friday. First serve is set for 5 p.m. from the Liberty Indoor Tennis Center.

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Players Mentioned

Thando Longwe-Smit

Rafael Marques Da Silva

Luis Felipe Miguel

Chase Robinson

Matija Samardzic

Deji Thomas-Smith