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Mark Selders

Men's Tennis Falls to Princeton, 6-1

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – After losing the doubles point Saturday afternoon, the Penn State men's tennis team (4-3) was unable to rebound in singles. The Nittany Lions fell to Princeton, 6-1. 

"The guys played with intensity and at a high level," said associate head coach Paul Tobin. "Princeton is a very good team, well-coached with solid depth. I was very impressed with the toughness of the guys; the scores did not reflect their overall performance." 

DOUBLES  

Princeton secured the doubles point with wins on court one and three.  

Chikaya Sato and Bora Sengul collected the lone doubles win with a 6-2 victory over Princeton's #68 Karl Poling and Damian Rodriguez.  

Malik Bhatnagar and Alexander Karman fell to #113 Justin Barki and Ryan Seggerman in a 6-3 decision. On court three, Miko Eala and Charl Morgan lost to Thomas Bosancic and Filippos Astreinidis 6-1.  

SINGLES 

The Tigers won courts one, two, three, four, and six to secure their win. 

Bossem tallied the Nittany Lions only point of the day in a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Thomas Bosancic. 

RESULTS 

Princeton 6, Penn State 1 

Doubles Results 

  1. Justin Barki/Ryan Seggerman (PRIN) def. Malik Bhatnagar/Alexander Karman (PSU), 6-3 

  1. Chikaya Sato/Bora Sengul (PSU) def. Karl Poling/Damian Rodriguez (PRIN), 6-2 

  1. Thomas Bosancic/Filippos Astreinidis (PRIN) def. Miko Eala/Charl Morgan (PSU), 6-1 

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1 

Singles Results 

  1. Ryan Seggerman (PRIN) def. Malik Bhatnagar (PSU), 6-3, 6-2 

  1. #68 Karl Poling (PRIN) def. Chikaya Sato (PSU), 6-4, 5-7, 12-14 

  1. Damian Rodriguez (PRIN) def. Loren Byers (PSU), 6-4, 6-4 

  1. Will Peters (PRIN) def. Miko Eala (PSU), 6-4, 2-6, 10-7 

  1. Sam Bossem (PSU) def. Thomas Bosancic (PRIN), 7-5, 7-5 

  1. Bill Duo (PRIN) def. Charl Morgan (PSU), 6-2, 6-3 

Order of finish: 1, 6, 3, 5, 4, 2

UP NEXT 

Penn State will take on Delaware at noon ET and St. Bonaventure at 4 p.m. ET in a doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 20. 

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