UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The Penn State men’s tennis team started the fall season with a strong showing in the Holmes Cathrall Memorial Invitational at the Sarni Tennis Center Friday through Sunday.
Sophomore returners Reiya Hattori and David Lindsay were joined by new team members, Jaden Brady, Kyle Chesman, Christos Glavas, Eyal Shyovitz, and Michael Wright in the tournament.
The first day of play included two rounds of doubles matches and one round of singles. Hattori and Lindsay won both of their doubles matches against Jakub Katuch and Junghee You from Columbia (6-2) and Charlie Spencer and Tommy Kim from Navy (7-6 (7-4)). Lindsay also defeated Navy’s Lachlan Buckingham in his singles match.
Chesman and Glavas started their Penn State journey by winning one of their two doubles matches against Columbia’s Aditya Govila and Andrew Ena 7-5. Wright defeated Columbia’s Jordan Chang in his singles match.
On day two, Brady teamed up with Columbia’s Tristan Lee to defeat Buffalo’s Minjae Kim and Onder Balci 6-4. Shyovitz joined Wright in doubles to take down Petar Teodorovic and Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar from Cornell 7-6 (8-6).
Glavas and Wright both won their singles matches, defeating Buckingham and Buffalo’s Kim, respectively.
Lindsay and Chesman locked in singles victories, with Lindsay defeating Balci and Chesman defeating Buffalo’s Emiliano Jorquera. Glavas added another singles win against Tommy Kim from Navy.
Day three started with doubles matches. Wright and Shyovitz defeated Katuch and You 6-4. In singles matches, Shyovitz secured a win against Katuch.
The Nittany Lions will now travel to Princeton, N.J. to compete in the ITA Northeast Regional Championships from Oct. 16-21.
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Day One Results
Doubles
Jordan Chang/Thanaphat Boosarawongse (Columbia) def. Michael Wright/Eyal Shyovitz (PSU) 7-6 (7-3)
Reiya Hattori/David Lindsay (PSU) def. Jakub Katuch/Junghee You (Columbia) 6-2
Nathan Gold/Jack Casciato (Cornell) def. Kyle Chesman/Christos Glavas (PSU) 7-6 (7-2)
Jake Young/Lachlan Buckingham (Navy) def. Jaden Brady (PSU)/Tristan Lee (Columbia) 6-3
Doubles
Andreas Timini/Tanapatt Nirundorn (Florida) def. Michael Wright/Eyal Shyovitz (PSU) 6-4
Reiya Hattori/David Lindsay (PSU) def. Charlie Spencer/Tommy Kim (Navy) 7-6 (7-4)
Kyle Chesman/Christos Glavas (PSU) def. Aditya Govila/Andrew Ena (Columbia) 7-5
Singles
David Lindsay (PSU) def. Lachlan Buckingham (Navy) 6-3, 6-0
Michael Malkin (Buffalo) def. Christos Glavas (PSU) 6-2, 6-0
Theodoris Mitsakos (Buffalo) def. Reiya Hattori (PSU) 6-2, 7-5
Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar (Cornell) def. Jaden Brady (PSU) 6-2, 6-1
Michael Wright (PSU) def. Jordan Chang (Columbia) 6-1, 7-6 (10-8)
Aditya Govila (Columbia) def. Eyal Shyovitz (PSU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
Day Two Results
Doubles
Jaden Brady (PSU)/Tristan Lee (Columbia) def. Minjae Kim/Onder Balci (Buffalo) 6-4
Emiliano Jorquera/Faiz Nasyam (Buffalo) def. Kyle Chesman/Christos Glavas (PSU) 6-1
Theodoris Mitsakos/Michael Malkin (Buffalo) def. Reiya Hattori/David Lindsay (PSU) 6-3
Michael Wright/Eyal Shyovitz (PSU) def. Petar Teodorovic/Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar (Cornell) 7-6 (8-6)
Singles
Andrew Ena (Columbia) def. David Lindsay (PSU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Michael Malkin (Buffalo) def. Kyle Chesman (PSU) 6-4, 6-4
Christos Glavas (PSU) def. Lachlan Buckingham (Navy) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-3
Michael Wright (PSU) def. Minjae Kim (Buffalo) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Singles
David Lindsay (PSU) def. Onder Balci (Buffalo) 6-3, 7-5
Kyle Chesman (PSU) def. Emiliano Jorquera (Buffalo) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Christos Glavas (PSU) def. Tommy Kim (Navy) 7-5, 6-2
Andreas Timini (UF) def. Michael Wright (PSU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Day Three Results
Doubles
Minjae Kim/Onder Balci (Buffalo) def. Kyle Chesman/Christos Glavas (PSU) 6-4
Michael Wright/Eyal Shyovitz (PSU) def. Jakub Katuch/Junghee You (Columbia) 6-4
Jordan Chang/Thanaphat Boosarawongse (Columbia) def. Reiya Hattori/David Lindsay (PSU) 6-2
Singles
Petar Teodorovic (Cornell) def. Reiya Hattori (PSU) 6-1, 7-5
Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar (Cornell) def. Michael Wright (PSU) 6-4, 6-3
Eyal Shyovitz (PSU) def. Jakub Katuch (Columbia) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Faiz Nasyam (Buffalo) def. Christos Glavas (PSU) 6-2, 6-3
Onder Balci (Buffalo) def. Kyle Chesman (PSU) 6-2, 6-0