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Mark Selders

Men's Tennis Sweeps Doubleheader Action

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State men's tennis team (2-2) earned a dominant 7-0 victory against Colgate before picking up a win 6-1 over Cleveland State to sweep the doubleheader Friday at the Penn State Indoor Tennis Center. 

"We finally had our first home match," said head coach Jeff Zinn. I feel like when you start the season on the road, you don't get the momentum that you need. Today, we had two quality opponents in Colgate and Cleveland State. I felt like we got the momentum that we need to go onto our next match against Dartmouth." 

PENN STATE 7, COLGATE 0  

DOUBLES 

The Nittany Lions swept the Raiders on all three doubles courts to start the dual match. 

On court one, Bora Sengul and Chikaya Sato defeated Rohan Gupta and Nick Potter, 6-2, to finish first. Malik Bhatnagar and Alexander Karman followed quickly earning the win against Mike Thomas and Josh Israel, 6-4. At No. 2, Charl Morgan and Miko Eala battled hard to come away with the 7-6 victory over Jack Selati and Nate Romig.  

SINGLES 

Penn State also secured straight- set wins on all six singles courts to earn the 7-0 sweep over Colgate. 

Morgan grabbed the first singles point for Penn State at No. 4 with a 6-0, 6-1 win against Colgate's Romig. 

Sengul took down Gupta 6-0, 6-1 to finish second. Sato clinched the Nittany Lion win with a 6-1, 6-2 No. 3 singles victory over Benito Vlassis.  

On court one, Bhatnagar defeated Selati 6-2, 6-4. Ondrej Ctverak took down Israel at No. 6, 6-1, 6-3. Harrison Janes then secured the 7-0 sweep with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Thomas at No. 5 singles.  

RESULTS 

Penn State 7, Colgate 0 

Doubles Results 

  1. Chikaya Sato/Bora Sengul (PSU) def. Rohan Gupta/Nick Potter (COL) 6-2 

  1. Miko Eala/Charl Morgan (PSU) def. Jack Selati/Nate Romig (COL) 7-6 

  1. Malik Bhatnagar/Alexander Karman (PSU) def. Mike Thomas/Josh Israel (COL) 6-4 

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2 

Singles Results 

  1. Malik Bhatnagar (PSU) def. Jack Selati (COL) 6-2, 6-4 

  1. Bora Sengul (PSU) def. Rohan Gupta (COL) 6-0, 6-1 

  1. Chikaya Sato (PSU) def. Benito Vlassis (COL) 6-1, 6-2 

  1. Charl Morgan (PSU) def. Nate Romig (COL) 6-0, 6-1 

  1. Harrison Janes (PSU) def. Mike Thomas (COL) 6-4,  

  1. Ondrej Ctverak (PSU) def. Josh Israel (COL) 6-1, 6-3 

Order of finish: 4, 2, 3, 1, 6, 5 

PENN STATE 6, CLEVELAND STATE 1 

DOUBLES 

The Nittany Lions earned wins on courts one and two to secure the doubles point against Cleveland State.  

On court two, Malik Bhatnagar and Alexander Karman put up Penn State's first win of the dual match against Mikael Erler and JuandeDios Abboud, 6-2. Chikaya Sato and Bora Sengul clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win over Cleveland State's Maxim Mareschal-Hay and Kade Mindry. 

SINGLES 

Penn State secured its victory with wins on courts two, three, four, five, and six.  

Byers claimed the Nittany Lions' first singles point on court four with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Cleveland State's Abboud. Sato defeated Mindry in straight sets at No. 3, 6-3, 6-3.  

Sengul secured the Penn State win by beating Mikael Erler 7-6, 6-2 on court two. Bossem followed up with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Austin Staiger. In a hard-fought three-set super tie, Morgan picked up the last point of the match 4-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9. 

RESULTS 

Penn State 6, Cleveland State 1 

Doubles Results 

  1. Chikaya Sato/Bora Sengul (PSU) def. Maxime Mareschal-Hay/Kade Mindry (CSU) 6-3 

  1. Malik Bhatnagar/Alexander Karman (PSU) def. Mikael Erler/JuandeDios Abboud (CSU) 6-2 

  1. Hugo Chatras/Austin Staiger (CSU) def. Charl Morgan/Loren Byers (PSU) 6-4 

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3 

Singles Results 

  1. Maxim Marechal-Hay (CSU) def. Malik Bhatnagar (PSU) 6-1, 6-3 

  1. Bora Sengul (PSU) def. Mikael Erler (CSU) 7-6, 6-2 

  1. Chikaya Sato (PSU) def. Kade Mindry (CSU) 6-3, 6-3 

  1. Loren Byers (PSU) def. JuandeDios Abboud (CSU) 6-1, 6-2 

  1. Charl Morgan (PSU) def. Hugo Chatras (CSU) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9 

  1. Sam Bossem (PSU) def. Austin Staiger (CSU) 6-4, 6-4 

Order of finish: 4, 1, 3, 2, 6, 5  

UP NEXT 

Penn State will continue its home stand on Sunday, Feb. 6 vs. Dartmouth at 1 p.m. ET. 

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