UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The Penn State men’s tennis team returned home from a weekend at ITA Regionals hosted by the University of Pennsylvania from Oct. 15-20.
Eight Nittany Lions competed in the tournament. Redshirt junior Marcus Schoeman and junior David Lindsay each collected two singles wins.
Sophomore Kyle Chesman collected a singles victory in the first qualifying round. Junior Reiya Hattori and sophomore Eyal Shyovitz each picked up a singles win in the main draw.
All four of the Nittany Lions’ doubles teams won their opening round matches.
Sophomore Christos Glavas and Hattori defeated Villanova’s Anand/Frattarelli 8-4, and freshman Ludwig Hermann and Chesman defeated St. John’s duo of Zivkovic/Pottbecker 8-6. Sophomore Emil Matikainen and Schoeman also conquered Drexel’s Moukarzel/Obrul 8-4.
Lindsay and Shyovitz picked up their first doubles victory against Temple’s Ducruet/Aguilar 8-7 (7-3) and a second against Fairleigh Dickinson's Nagashima/Wrann 8-6.
The Nittany Lions now focus their efforts on the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich., from Oct. 29-Nov. 1.
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RESULTS
Thursday
Singles Qualifying
Kyle Chesman def. Anthony Moukarzel (DREX) 6-3, 6-1
Adam Kresina (Saint John’s) def. Ludwig Hermann 6-2, 6-1
Taichi Wakamatsu (Saint John’s) def. Kyle Chesman 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Qualifying Consolation
Nate Roberman (FDU) def. Ludwig Hermann 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
Friday
Doubles
Christos Glavas/Reiya Hattori def. Kush Anand/Justin Frattarelli (VILL) 8-4
Ludwig Hermann/Kyle Chesman def. Sergej Zivkovic/Mats Pottbecker (Saint John’s) 8-6
Eyal Shyovitz/David Lindsay def. Adrien Ducruet/Oliver Aguilar (TEMP) 8-7 (7-3)
Marcus Schoeman/Emil Matikainen def. Anthony Moukarzel/Lun Obrul (DREX) 8-4
Singles Main Draw
Reiya Hattori def. Petar Belosevic (MERC) 6-3, 6-1
Adam Bain (PENN) def. Christos Glavas 6-3, 6-3
Radomir Tomic (Saint John’s) def. Emil Matikainen 6-0, 6-1
Marcus Schoeman def. Matias Lofink (HOF) 6-3, 6-0
David Lindsay def. Luka Butera (PENN) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5)
Eyal Shyovitz def. Liam Kilmer (BUCK) 6-1, 6-0
Saturday
Doubles
Julian Forer/Doruk Calikoglu (TEMP) def. Christos Glavas/Reiya Hattori 8-1
Andrew Ena/Damir Zhalgasbay (COL) def. Ludwig Hermann/Kyle Chesman, ret. (inj.)
Eyal Shyovitz/David Lindsay def. Ko Nagashima/Ben Wrann (FDU) 8-6
Aaron Sandler/Justin Chung (PENN) def. Marcus Schoeman/Emil Matikainen 8-6
Singles Main Draw
Abhishek Thorat (COL) def. Reiya Hattori 6-3, 7-5
Marcus Schoeman def. JunHao Luo (PRIN) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0
David Lindsay def. Maksym Kalabishka (Saint John’s) 6-3, ret. (inj.)
Justin Chung (PENN) def. Eyal Shyovitz 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
Adam Bojkovic (DEL) def. Marcus Schoeman 6-4, 6-2
Damir Zhalgasbay (COL) def. David Lindsay 6-3, 6-2
Sunday
Doubles
Andrew Kotzen/Jordan Chang (COL) def. Eyal Shyovitz/David Lindsay 8-3