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SPORTS Lions Win Two Tennis Titles at Princeton Invitational
By Todd Kennedy requently, even the most highly touted recruit in college athletics requires at least a year to mature into his or her game at the Division I level.
Steve Millerman did not. The men's tennis first-year made an immediate impact on East Coast collegiate tennis by breezing through his five matches to become the singles champion at the Princeton Invitational Sept. 27-29. Millerman not only defeated opponents from three of the tougher teams in the region—Penn, Princeton and Miami—but won each of his matches in straight sets, including the Hurricanes' No. 1 player, 6-2, 7-6 (7) in the final. "As a freshman, to win [the tournament] is unbelievable," head coach Bid Goswami explained. "I always thought Steve was a very mature player, but college is a very different game, so I didn't know what to expect. He played up to the level of his opponent every match." Millerman was seeded eighth in the field of 32 players. The Lions completed a sweep of the Invitational's titles when the tandem of junior Scott Watnik and sophomore Salil Seshadri won the doubles title. The pair defeated the No. 1 duo from Princeton, 8-5, in the finals. "We've got a very young team. I'm very happy with them; they're very coachable," Goswami noted. In other sports news:
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