WASHINGTON -

The Georgetown men's tennis squad (1-4) fell to the No. 45 nationally-ranked Princeton TIGERS (3-2) on Saturday afternoon at Jadwin Gym, 5-2.

Georgetown sophomore Peter Beatty (Portland, Ore./Middlesex School) and freshman Will Sharton (Wayland, Mass./Wayland High School) won a pair of single matches for GU. Beatty defeated Princeton's Jimmy Wasserman in three sets from the No.3 position, 6-7, 6-4, 1-0. Playing at No.6, Sharton outplayed Jonathan Carcione, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0.

The Hoyas dropped the remaining matches in straight sets to their nationally-ranked opponent.

The Blue & Gray will have two weeks off from competition until they return to the court on Feb. 20 against BIG EAST opponent DePaul at 3 p.m.

Doubles:
1) Colautti/Gamble (P) def. Chen/Portner (G), 6-1
2) Alex Day/Kaiser (P) def. Beatty/Lam (G), 6-1
3) Yannik Mahlangu/Jack Murphy (G) def. Florin Radu/Wasserman (P), 6-5 (2)

Singles:
1) Diego Vives (P) def. Daniel Khanin (G), 6-3, 6-3
2) Tom Colautti (P) def. Marco Lam (G), 6-2, 6-4
3) Peter Beatty (G) def. Jimmy Wasserman (P), 6-7, 6-4, 1-0
4) Luke Gamble (P) def. Michael Chen (G), 6-3, 6-3
5) Kial Kaiser (P) def. Mac Rechan (G), 6-3, 6-3
6) Will Sharton (G) def. Jonathan Carcione (P), 6-4, 3-6, 1-0