Men’s Tennis Defeats William & Mary 4-3Men’s Tennis Defeats William & Mary 4-3

Men’s Tennis Defeats William & Mary 4-3

Penn State wins its first road match of the season

LYNCHBURG, Va.- The Penn State men’s tennis team took the victory over William & Mary in a 4-3 showdown. The Nittany Lions are now 7-0 for the season. 

 

Sophomore doubles team Reiya Hattori and Marcus Schoeman earned a 6-2 doubles win against Albert Hansen and Theo Nilsson. Hattori also won his singles match against Nikita Bortnichek, winning Penn State its fourth point to win the match. David Lindsay fought for a win against Austin Cohen, Eyal Shyovitz took victory over Dylan Chou, and Emil Matikainen took down Hansen in singles. 

 

Doubles 


Hattori and Schoeman defeated Hansen and Nilsson 6-2.
 

Oliver Hague and Gur Trakhtenberg took the 6-4 victory over Michael Wright and Lindsay. 

Bortnichek and Chou defeated Matikainen and Shyovitz 6-4. 

 

Singles 

 

Schoeman was defeated by Hague 2-6, 1-6. 

Matikainen won against Hansen 6-1, 6-1. 

Lindsay took down Austen Cohen 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. 

Wright fell to Trakhtenberg 6-3, 4-6, 1-6.

Shyovitz took the victory over Chou 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. 

Hattori scored a victory over Bortnichek 6-3, 7-6 (8-6). 

 

 

 

UP NEXT 

The team remains in Lynchburg, Va., to take on Liberty University tomorrow, Sunday, February 8, at 12 p.m. 

 

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