UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The Penn State men’s tennis team dropped its match against No. 14 Illinois 1-6 on Sunday. The Nittany Lions are now 14-8 for the season.
Freshman Kyle Chesman earned Penn State a singles point by defeating Jeremy Zhang on court six.
Doubles
Chesman and Marcus Schoeman fell to Tyler Bowers and Sasha Colleu on court three 1-6.
Michael Wright and David Lindsay played against No. 41 team Kenta Myoshi and William Mroz, but lost 2-6.
Reiya Hattori and Eyal Shyovitz were down 2-5 against Zach Viiala and David Bakonyi, but the match was abandoned as Illinois had already secured the doubles point.
Singles
Wright fell to No. 23 Miyoshi on court one 1-6, 4-6.
Hattori played in spot two, but lost to Adam Jilly 6-7 (1-7), 3-6.
Lindsay was defeated by Colleu on court four 6-7 (6-8), 3-6.
Schoeman fought against No. 101 Mroz, but fell 4-6, 6-7 (3-7) on court two.
Shyovitz was defeated by Hayden Jones 2-6, 3-6 on court five.
Chesman defeated Zhang 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (3-7), 10-8 in spot six.
UP NEXT
The Nittany Lions will travel to California to face No. 24 Southern California on Friday, April 3, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, and No. 20 UCLA on Saturday, April 4, at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.
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