Charlottesville, Va. – After day one at the ITA Atlantic Regional Championships, Penn State men's tennis has three players advancing to the round of 64.
The No. 16 seed, Gabriel Nemeth, received first and second round byes, and will face George Lovitt of Richmond in the round of 64.
Andrei Paduraru was defeated by Roger Lyn of Howard, 6-3, 6-5.
Noah Sutter lost his match to Panagiotis Neearchou of ODU, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. He will face Jean Armstrong of Mount St. Mary's in the backdraw.
Chikaya Sato defeated Lawrence Sciglitano of George Washington, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. He then went onto defeat Hampton's Fernando Fernandes, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (1). He will face Derrick Thompson of Navy in the next round.
Alp Sentay received a first round bye before going onto lose to Radford's Yevhen Sirous, 6-2, 6-2. He will face Jake Dabek of Navy Friday.
No. 11 seeded Christos Antonopoulos received first and second round byes. He will see action against Dimosthenis Taramonlis of Radford in the next round.
Chris Kuhnle couldn't get the win against Richmond's Campbell Erwin, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. He will meet Romani Mayers of Howard in consolation competition.
The team will compete in the singles round of 64 Friday as well as consolation play. The Nittany Lions will also begin doubles play with the rounds of 64 and 32.
"Overall, I thought we played well but we did leave some wins out there that we should have had," head coach Jeff Zinn said. "I thought our conditioning was better today than it has been. That was evident with Chikaya Sato, who played two terrific matches and won both in 3 sets. We have some tough matches tomorrow and we are looking to defend our doubles championship from last year with some new combinations."
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