March 19, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. ââ'¬" The No. 27 Nittany Lions (14-3, 1-1) swept the Temple Owls (12-4, 2-1) 7-0 on Saturday. Penn State swept Michigan State 7-0 earlier in the day, as well. The Lions advance to 9-0 at home.
David Kohan (Sydney, Australia) and Christian Lutschaunig (Richboro, Pa.) went 2-0 for the day defeating Temple's Belkssir/Naran. The duo had a big win earlier in the day against Michigan State and brought that energy into the afternoon winning 6-1.
Matt Galush (Cary, N.C.) and Constant De La Bassetiere (Reims, France) clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win at second doubles.
Roman Trkulja (Toronto, Canada) and Zach Lieb (Newtown Square, Pa.) saw some actions at third singles. The pair won their flight against the Owls, 6-4.
Aws Laaribi (Rye, N.Y.) took home the first singles win, 6-1, 6-1. Laaribi made quick work of Temple's Uladzimir Dorash. Tomas Hanzlik (Prague, Czech Republic) grabbed another 6-1, 6-1 win at fourth singles. Leonard Stakhovsky (Kiev, Ukraine) clinched the match for the Lions with his first singles win. Stakhovsky ends the day 3-0.
Co-captain Matt Barry (Lido Beach, N.Y.) went 3-0 for the day picking up another singles win against the Owls. Marc Collado (Barcelona, Spain) earned the sixth win for the Nittany Lions at sixth singles. Collado fought in a second set tiebreak to defeat Temple's Hicham Belkssir. Nika Dolidze (Tbilisi, Georgia) finished the match with a third set tiebreak. Dolidze ended it 11-9 to cap off the 14-0 sweep on the day.
Penn State heads to Michigan Friday March 25 to take on the Wolverines.
7 Penn State, 0 Temple
Doubles:
1. Kohan/Lutschaunig (PSU) def. Belkssir/Naran (TU), 6-1.
2. Galush/De La Bassetiere (PSU) def. Kapshuk/Canete (TU), 6-4
3. Trkulja/Z.Lieb (PSU) def. Mayer/Dorash (TU), 6-4.
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles: 1. Leo Stakhovsky (PSU) def. Artem Kapshuk (TU), 6-1, 6-3.
2. Matt Barry (PSU) def. Santiago Canete (TU), 6-0, 7-5.
3. Aws Laaribi (PSU) def. Uladzimir Dorash (TU), 6-1, 6-1.
4. Tomas Hanzlik (PSU) def. Nicolas Paulus (TU), 6-2, 6-1.
5. Nika Dolidze (PSU) def. Florian Mayer (TU), 6-3, 6-7 (57), 1-0(11-9).
6. Marc Collado (PSU) def. Hicham Belkssir (TU), 6-0, 7-6 (75).
Order of Finish: 3, 4, 1, 2, 6, 5