Touliatos, Walton Win Doubles Title at Princeton

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Princeton Invitational

September 24, 2017 | Men's Tennis

Redshirt junior Preston Touliatos and freshman Adam Walton teamed up for a doubles title Sunday to start the fall season at the Ivy Plus Invitational in Princeton, N.J.

Touliatos and Walton breezed past Jason Kros and Ryan Kros of Virginia Tech 8-3 to win the Black draw. It is the second career college title for Touliatos and his first since missing a majority of last year with injury.

Between singles and doubles, Walton went a combined 6-1 in his debut college tennis weekend. The native of Home Hill, Australia, logged his second ranked singles victory to close the tournament, beating No. 68 Jimmy Bendeck of Baylor 6-3, 6-4.

Touliatos also rolled to a 6-1 record. He lost just three games in a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Max Fliegner of Dartmouth in consolation Sunday.

At the Gator Ranked+1 on Florida's campus, junior Timo Stodder closed out the tournament with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 62 Trey Yates of Kentucky. Stodder was 3-1 in singles opening weekend. Sophomore Scott Jones compiled a 2-2 mark with two wins against top-125 opponents.

The Vols will be back in action at the ITA All-American Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Qualifying begins Oct. 3.

Ivy Plus Invitational
Singles
Tiger Draw
Adam Walton (UT) def. #68 Jimmy Bendeck (Baylor), 6-3, 6-4
Cordish Draw
Preston Touliatos (UT) def. Max Fliegner (Dartmouth), 6-3, 6-0
Nassau Draw
Jack Mingjie Lin (Columbia) def. Luca Wiedenmann (UT) 6-4, 6-2
Lenz Draw
Andrew Rogers (UT) def. George Cartledge (Virginia Tech) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles
Black Draw
Final: Touliatos/Walton (UT) def. Kros/Kros (VT), 8-3
Jadwin Draw
Sheng Koay/Nittolo (Buffalo) def. Wiedenmann/Rogers (UT), 8-6

Gator Ranked+1
Singles
#17 Timo Stodder (UT) def. #62 Trey Yates (UK) 6-4, 6-3
Francisco Cerundolo (SC) def. #121 Scott Jones (UT) 7-6, 2-6, 6-1