Feb. 21, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. ââ'¬" The No. 44 Nittany Lions (8-0) swept past William and Mary (7-3) Sunday to continue their busy weekend in Sarni. Penn State defeated the Tribe 5-2, continuing the undefeated streak.
Christian Lutschaunig (Richboro, Pa.) and David Kohan (Sydney, Australia) continued their winning streak at first doubles with a 6-4 other Appleby and De Boer. Leonard Stakhovsky (Kiev, Ukraine) and Matt Barry (Lido Beach, N.Y.) clinched the doubles point with their win immediately after.
The momentum flowed into singles with the Lions getting four wins. Constant De La Bassetiere (Reims, France) took home in the first win in a quick 6-1, 6-3 match. No. 47 Stakhovsky followed taking down the Tribe in a closer 7-6, 7-6 match. Stakhovsky remains undefeated at first singles. Senior co-captain Barry clinched the win for Penn State, when he defeated Lars de Boer 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Aws Laaribi (Rye, N.Y.) had to fight to continue the wins for Penn State. After losing the first set, Laaribi fought to capture the second and didn't stop until he took the tiebreak point in the third set. The Nittany Lions ran into trouble at fifth and sixth singles when both matches went into third set tiebreaks. Tomas Hanzlik (Prague, Czech Republic) fell to Aidan Talcott 9-10. Ben Lieb (Newtown Square, Pa.) finished the tiebreak, 8-10.
Head coach Jeff Zinn's Nittany Lions continue their undefeated streak and will play Sunday at 4 p.m. against NJIT to wrap up the doubleheader.
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5 Penn State, 2 William & Mary
Doubles:
1.David Kohan/Christian Lutschaunig (PSU) def. Appleby/De Boer (WM), 6-4.
2.Leo Stakhovsky/Matt Barry (PSU) def. Huang/Miller (WM), 6-4.
3. Matt Galush/Roman Trkulja (PSU) def. Cargill/Niquet (WM), 5-4, unfinished.
Order of Finish: 1,2
Singles:
1. Leo Stakhovsky (PSU) def. Christian Cargill (WM), 7-6, 7-6.
2. Constant De La Bassetiere (PSU) def. Alec Miller (WM), 6-1, 6-3.
3. Aws Laaribi (PSU) def. Addison Appleby (WM), 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(7-3).
4. Matt Barry (PSU) def. Lars de Boer (WM), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
5. Aidan Talcott (WM) def. Tomas Hanzlik (PSU), 1-6, 6-4, 1-0(10-9).
6. Damon Niquet (WM) def. Ben Lieb (PSU), 0-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-8).
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 6