Feb. 13, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. ââ'¬" The Nittany Lions (5-0) defeated the Bucknell Bison (3-2) Saturday at the Sarni Tennis Center. Penn State went 6-1 to continue their commanding spring season.
The Nittany Lions clinched the doubles point, starting the momentum early. David Kohan (Sydney, Australia) and Christian Lutschaunig (Richboro, Pa.) racked up the first win of the day at first doubles. The junior duo controlled the match, winning 6-2. Roman Trkulja (Toronto, Canada) and Matt Galush (Cary, N.C.) secured the doubles point with their 6-1 win over the pair of Wright and Gerber.
Penn State started singles off strong with early wins from Aws Laaribi (Rye, N.Y.) and Matt Barry (Lido Beach, N.Y.). Laaribi had no trouble taking Max Kane down 6-2, 6-0. Senior Barry kept Penn State's lead to 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Bucknell's Dan Wright.
Tomas Hanzlik (Prague, Czech Republic) clinched the match, winning fourth singles. Senior Hanzlik brought down Bryan Adams to bring the score to 4-0. Redshirt-junior Kohan continued the day with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Timber Erskine at sixth singles. Marc Collado (Barcelona, Spain) won his first set quick, losing the second set in a close tiebreak. Collado and Vitiuc fought back and forth to finish the day with a Bucknell win in the third set tiebreak. Head coach Jeff Zinn and his Lions remain undefeated with the 6-1 win over Bucknell.
The Nittany Lions are back in action at 4 p.m. against James Madison in the Sarni Tennis Center.
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6 Penn State, 1 Bucknell
Doubles:
1. David Kohan/Christian Kutschaunig (PSU) def. Bybel/Adams (BUCK), 6-2
2. Roman Trkulja/Matt Galush (PSU) def. Wright/Gerber (BUCK), 6-1
3. Vitiuc/Haase (BUCK) def. Nika Dolidze/Zach Lieb (PSU), 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles:
1. Leo Stakhovsky (PSU) def. Nick Bybel (BUCK), 7-5, 6-3.
2. Aws Laaribi (PSU) def. Max Kane (BUCK), 6-2, 6-0.
3. Matt Barry (PSU) def. Daniel Wright (BUCK), 6-2, 6-1.
4. Tomas Hanzlik (PSU) def. Bryan Adams (BUCK), 6-0, 7-5.
5. Andrei Vitiuc (BUCK) def. Marc Collado (PSU), 3-6, 7-6(7-5), 1-0(10-3).
6. David Kohan (PSU) def. Timber Erskine (BUCK), 6-1, 6-2.
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5