CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Penn State men's tennis team continued play at the 2022 ITA Atlantic Regionals in the Gold Singles and Doubles Draw on Saturday morning.
SINGLES
Miko Eala and Sam Bossem started Gold Draw singles action in the round of 64. Eala faced off against the third-ranked Jeffery von der Schulenberg from Virginia, where he fell 6-3, 6-4. Bossem was defeated by VCU's Maxence Bertimon 7-5, 6-4. Both Nittany Lions will compete in a consolation round on Sunday, Oct. 23.
DOUBLES
In doubles, partners Bossem and Malik Bhatnagar and Eala and Charl Morgan took part in the Gold Doubles Draw. Bossem and Bhatnagar lost to Richmond's Daniel Kliebhan and William Karpinski, 8-4. Taking on Gray Voelzke and Sam Baumgartner from VCU, Eala and Morgan fell 8-5.
In the Gold Draw Doubles consolation, Eala and Morgan collected Penn State's first win of the day over Old Dominion's Nicola Vidal and Francois Le Tallec, 8-6.
NEXT UP
Bossem will face Beau Pelletier of Liberty, while Eala takes on Manuel Goncalves in the Gold consolation round on Sunday, Oct. 23.
Tournament Website: https://bit.ly/3Te4y5a
Tournament Schedule
Wednesday October 19th:
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Rounds of 64 and 32 Bronze Singles. Matches will start no earlier than 12pm Eastern.
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Round of 32 Bronze Doubles
Thursday October 20th:
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Round of 16 Bronze Main Draw Singles and Round of 64 Main Draw Silver Singles. One round of Consolation for 1st match losers of Bronze Draw (played Indoors)
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Rounds 16 and 8 of Bronze Doubles and one round of Doubles Consolation for 1st match losers of Bronze Doubles.
Friday October 21st:
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Rounds of 32 and 16 Silver Main Draw Singles. One round of Consolation for 1st match losers of Silver Draw (played indoors)
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Rounds 16 and 8 of Silver Doubles and one round of Doubles Consolation for 1st match losers of Silver Doubles.
Saturday October 22nd:
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Round of 32 Gold Singles
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Rounds of 32 and 16 Gold Doubles and one round of doubles Consolation for 1st match losers of Gold Doubles.
Sunday October 23rd:
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Rounds of 16 and Quarters of Gold Singles and one round of Consolation for 1st match losers of Gold Draw (played indoors)
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Quarterfinal and Semifinal rounds of Gold Doubles
Monday October 24th:
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Semifinal and Final rounds of Gold Singles
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Final round of Gold Doubles
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