Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 5 MichiganMen’s Tennis Falls to No. 5 Michigan
Mark Selders

Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 5 Michigan

Ann Arbor, Mich. – Penn State men's tennis (7-4, B1G 0-1) dropped its Big Ten opener to Michigan (12-3, B1G 1-0), 5-0, on Saturday, Feb. 29 in Ann Arbor, Mich. 

DOUBLES 

Michigan took doubles matches on courts one and three to clinch the first point of the match. 

The Nittany Lions' top pair of Christian Lakoseljac/Christos Antonopoulos are now 6-2 this spring and 0-1 in conference play.

SINGLES

The Wolverines earned wins on the last four courts in singles to solidify their win. 

On court two, freshman Charl Morgan came back from being down 0-4 to No. 17-ranked Andrew Fenty to take the first set, 7-6 (5). Their second set went unfinished at 2-2. 

Christian Lakoseljac bounced back to win his second set against No. 32 Ondrej Styler, 3-6, 6-5, before going unfinished. 

UP NEXT

The Nittany Lions will return home to face Princeton on Friday, March 6 at 5 p.m. in their second-to-last non-conference matchup of the season.

RESULTS

Michigan 5, Penn State 0

Doubles results:

1. # 2 Andrew Fenty/Mattias Siimar (UM) def. #46 Christian Lakoseljac/Christos Antonopoulos (PSU) 6-2
2. Kristofer Siimar/Connor Johnston (UM) vs Gabriel Nemeth/Alp Sentay (PSU) 4-2, unfinished 
3. Nick Beaty/Harrison Brown (UM)  def. Charl Morgan/Noah Sutter (PSU) 6-2

Singles results:

1. Christian Lakoseljac (PSU) vs #32 Ondrej Styler (UM) 3-6, 6-5, unfinished 
2. Charl Morgan (PSU) vs #17 Andrew Fenty (UM) 7-6, (5), 2-2, unfinished 
3. #112 Mattias Siimar (UM) def. Christos Antonopoulos (PSU) 6-2, 6-4
4. #87 Connor Johnston (UM) def. Ismail Saadi (PSU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Nick Beaty (UM) def. Alp Sentay (PSU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Patrick Maloney (UM) def. Chikaya Sato (PSU) 6-4, 6-1

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