Freshman Barry Impresses at Princeton Invitational Day OneFreshman Barry Impresses at Princeton Invitational Day One

Freshman Barry Impresses at Princeton Invitational Day One

Sept. 14, 2012

Princeton Invitational Day One

PRINCETON, N.J. - The Penn State men's tennis team finished up the first day of matches at the 2012 Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational. Four Nittany Lions competed, with freshman Matt Barry(Lido Beach, N.Y.) highlighting the performances. Action resumes tomorrow morning at 8:30 at the Lenz Tennis Center.

Entering his first collegiate action, Barry began the day in the 6th spot in the "Cordish" Draw. He opened his performance with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Buffalo's Ivan Vereschaga. He followed that up with a quarterfinal win over Farleigh Dickinson's Ibrahim Shams 6-3, 6-2. Barry will face Princeton's Matt Spindler at 9:00 tomorrow in the semifinals.

Junior Chris Young(Melbourne, Australia), competing in the number nine spot in the "Lenz" Draw, won his first match of the fall, defeating Fairleigh Dickinson's Peter Skvarka 6-2, 6-3. In the quarterfinals, he fell to St. John's Mike Lampa 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

Sophomore Ramy Labna(Doha, Qatar) went 2-1 on the day in singles action, while competing in the 14th spot in the "Pagoda" Draw. Labna fell in the first round to Cornell's Brett Cromwell 6-2, 6-3. He responded with two wins in the consolation bracket. The first win came over Farleigh Dickinson's Dom Devaux-Lowell 4-6, 6-1, 1-0(3). In the consolation second round, Labna knocked off Penn's Jason Magnes 3-6, 6-2, 1-0(4). He will face Binghamton's Elliot Hureau in the consolation semifinals, beginning at 10:30 tomorrow.

C.J. Griffin(Portland, Mich.) entered the day in the sixth spot in the "Tiger" Draw. He fell in the first round to Yale's Marc Powers 6-0, 6-3. The senior will begin consolation play tomorrow at 10:00.

In doubles "A" action, Barry and Griffin paired up in the fifth matchup in the bracket. However, they were defeated by Yale's Patrick Chase and John Huang 8-2. They will compete in the consolation bracket tomorrow.

Labna and Young combined in doubles "B" in the 11th matchup, but fell to Yale's Daniel Faierman and Matt Saiontz 8-3.

Singles:

Lenz Draw

Round 1) Chris Young(PSU) def. Peter Skvarka(FDU), 6-2, 6-3

Quarterfinal) Mike Lampa(St. John's) def. Chris Young(PSU), 6-2, 2-6, 6-3

Tiger Draw

Round 1) Marc Powers(Yale) def. C.J. Griffin(PSU), 6-0, 6-3

Cordish Draw

Round 1) Matt Barry(PSU) def. Ivan Vereschaga(Buffalo), 6-4, 6-2

Quarterfinal) Matt Barry(PSU) def. Ibrahim Shams(FDU), 6-3, 6-2

Pagoda Draw

Round 1) Brett Cromwell(Cornell) def. Ramy Labna(PSU), 6-2, 6-3 Consolation Round 1) Ramy Labna(PSU) def. Dom Devaux-Lowell(FDU), 4-6, 6-1, 1-0(3)

Consolation Quarterfinal) Ramy Labna(PSU) def. Jason Magnes(Penn), 3-6, 6-2, 1-0(4)

Doubles:

Doubles "A"

Round 1) Chase/Huang(Yale) def. Barry/Griffin(PSU), 8-2

Doubles "B"

Round 1) Faierman/Saiontz(Yale) def. Labna/Young, 8-3