Nittany Lions Tame the Tigers, Claw the Mountain Hawks in TennisNittany Lions Tame the Tigers, Claw the Mountain Hawks in Tennis

Nittany Lions Tame the Tigers, Claw the Mountain Hawks in Tennis

Jan. 24, 2010

Box Score

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State men's tennis team (2-0) kicked-off the 2010 season with two victories over the Princeton Tigers and the Lehigh Mountain Hawks on Sunday. The Nittany Lions started the day with a 6-1 win over Princeton followed by a 7-0 defeating of Lehigh.

"Overall this was a great start to the year," said head coach Todd Doebler. "For the first match, I thought the guys showed good composure and did a nice job competing. We are looking forward to playing a very good Georgia Tech team this upcoming weekend in Florida."

Penn State vs. Princeton

Penn State came out and won the doubles point to garner the early 1-0 lead. Following the strong doubles play, the Nittany Lions cranked out victories in five of the six singles bouts to win the match, 6-1.

In doubles action, junior Eddie Bourchier (Hobart, Australia) teamed up with sophomore Jason Lee (Melbourne, Australia) to face Princeton's Yohei Shoji and Matt Siow. The Nittany Lion tandem won the match, 8-0 to give Penn State the early advantage in doubles.

In the No. 2 bout, junior Ryan Gormley (Las Vegas, Nev.) and freshman Warren Hardie (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) took on Matija Pecotic and Ilya Trubov. The Penn State duo won the match, 8-1, to clinch the doubles point. With the doubles point already decided, senior Guillaume St-Maurice (Saint-Eustache, Quebec) and sophomore Taylor Cohen (Philadelphia, Pa.) defeated Coleman Crutchfield and Alex Faust, 8-6.

With Penn State leading 1-0, the match moved on to singles action. Bourchier played in the No. 2 position and dominated Siow, winning in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. Following Bourchier's victory, Lee was defeated by Charlie Borsens, 6-4, 6-4. Penn State had a 2-1 lead.

Gormley made the score 3-1 when he defeated Pecotic in a tough three sets, 6-0, 3-6, 6-0. Penn State clinched the match when Hardie beat Shoji in an exciting three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

With the match already decided, St-Maurice picked up a 6-0, 6-1 straight-set victory over Faust. Freshman Bryan Welnetz (Laredo, Texas) finished off the matchup with Princeton by downing Crutchfield, 6-4, 6-4.

Final Score: #54 Penn State 6 Princeton 1
Doubles
1. Eddie Bourchier/Jason Lee (PSU) def. Yohei Shoji/Matt Siow (Princeton), 8-0
2. Warren Hardie/Ryan Gormley (PSU) def. Matija Pecotic/Ilya Trubov (Princeton), 8-1
3. Taylor Cohen/Guillaume St-Maurice (PSU), def. Coleman Crutchfield/Alex Faust (Princeton), 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles
1. Ryan Gormley (PSU) def. Matiha Pecotic (Princeton), 6-0, 3-6, 6-0
2. Eddie Bourchier (PSU) def. Matt Siow (Princeton), 6-1, 6-3
3. Charlie Brosens (Princeton) def. Jason Lee (PSU), 6-4, 6-4
4. Warren Hardie (PSU) def. Yohei Shoji (Princeton), 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
5. Guillaume St-Maurice (PSU) def. Alex Faust (Princeton), 6-0, 6-1
6. Bryan Welnetz (PSU) def. Coleman Crutchfield (Princeton), 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1, 4, 5, 6

Penn State vs. Lehigh

Penn State came out to win all three doubles matches and took a 1-0 advantage on the Mountain Hawks. The Lions then went on to win all six singles matches to lock a 7-0 victory.

In doubles action, Gormley and Hardie squared-off with Troy List and Leland Richardson in the No.1 bout. The Nittany Lion tandem pounded out an 8-2 victory. In the No. 3 bout, Cohen teamed up with Welnetz. The pairing came back and defeated Lehigh's Ryan Krueger and Collin Laffey, 8-6, after trailing 5-3 at one point. The win clinched the doubles point for the Nittany Lions.

With the doubles point already decided, Lee and St-Maurice teamed up and won their match over Matt Savran and Edgars Rauza, 8-4.

Penn State took a 1-0 lead into singles competition. Bourchier gave the Nittany Lions a 2-0 lead when he downed List in straight-sets, 6-2, 6-3. Cohen played in the No. 4 bout and earned his first win of the day as he defeated Crutchfield, 6-4, 6-3. Penn State had a 3-0 lead over the Mountain Hawks.

The match was clinched in the No. 2 matchup of Lee and Laffey. After running away with a 6-3 first set win, Lee had no problem in the second set, winning 6-1. Welnetz picked up a singles point for Penn State on court No. 3, as he defeated Richardson in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1.

Freshman C.J. Griffin (Portland, Mich.) saw action in singles, playing in the No. 5 matchup with Krueger. Griffin downed Krueger, winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. Freshman Guanhua Chen (DaLian, China) finished the match for the Nittany Lions in the No. 6 bout, as he defeated Cameron Silbert, 6-0, 6-1.

Final Score: #54 Penn State 7 Lehigh 0
Doubles
1. Ryan Gormley/Warren Hardie (PSU) def. Troy List/Leland Richardson (Lehigh), 8-2
2. Taylor Cohen/Guillaume St-Maurice (PSU) def. Matt Savran/Edgars Rauza (Lehigh), 8-4
3. C.J. Griffin/Bryan Welnetz (PSU), def. Ryan Krueger/Collin Laffey (Lehigh), 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles
1. Eddie Bourchier (PSU) def. Troy List (Lehigh), 6-2, 6-3
2. Jason Lee (PSU) def. Collin Laffey (Lehigh), 6-3, 6-1
3. Bryan Welnetz (PSU) def. Leland Richardson (Lehigh), 6-0, 6-1
4. Taylor Cohen (PSU) def. J.T. Bolcar (Lehigh), 6-4, 6-3
5. C.J. Griffin (PSU) def. Ryan Krueger (Lehigh), 6-2, 6-4
6. Guanhua Chen (PSU) def. Cameron Silbert (Lehigh), 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 4, 2, 3, 5, 6

Penn State opens its season with a 2-0 record, and will head Gainesville, Fla. this upcoming weekend for ITA Regionals. The Lions will take on No. 43 Georgia Tech on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. Penn State will face either No. 11 Florida or No. 61 Furman the following day.