Oct. 2, 2014
TULSA, Okla. - The Penn State men's tennis team continued play at the ITA All-American Championships on Thursday. Junior Leonard Stakhovsky (Kiev, Ukraine) took on Oklahoma's Andrew Harris in a Main Draw first round match.
Stakhovsky entered the match ranked 29th in the preseason ITA Poll, while Harris was ranked 40th. In a tough back-and-forth match, Harris won 7-5, 7-6(8).
In the opening set, Stakhovsky jumped out to a 2-0 advantage, but Harris fought back to tie it up at 2-2. The two traded the next six games, until Harris took a 6-5 lead. Harris won the next game to close out a 7-5 set win.
Stakhovsky opened up the second set with a 1-0 lead, but it again turned into a tight set. The players traded points, with Stakhovsky never trailing, until Harris tied it up at 6-6. In the tiebreaker, Harris took an early 3-0 lead, but Stakhovsky fought back to tie it at 3-3. The duo again exchanged points, until Harris clinched the tiebreaker at 10-8.
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ITA All-American Championships
Pre-Qualifying Draw:
1st Round) Matt Cowley(Utah) def. Matt Barry(PSU), 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
2nd Round) Alex Fennell(PSU) def. Kenny Sabacinski(ND), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
Miroslav Herzan(Wich) def. Tomas Hanzlik(PSU), 4-6, 7-6(8), 6-4.
3rd Round) Thomas Weigel(NCST) def. Alex Fennell(PSU), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
Bonus Match) Matt Barry(PSU) def. Alberto Reyes(UO), 6-3, 6-2.
Dima Zyhmantovich(MTSU) def. Tomas Hanzlik(PSU), 6-0, 6-2.
Main Draw:
1st Round) #40 Andrew Harris(Okla) def. #29 Leo Stakhovsky(PSU), 7-5, 7-6(8).
Qualifying Doubles Draw:
1st Round) Gelbrich/Jebens(SDSU) def. #43 Fennell/Stakhovsky(PSU), 7-6(4), 7-5.