UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State men’s tennis redshirt junior Marcus Schoeman and sophomore Emil Matikainen will represent the Big Ten in doubles at the ITA Conference Masters Championships, Thursday through Sunday in Rome, Ga. The duo will open play Thursday at 5:30 p.m. against the University of Incarnate Word’s Alejandro Hernandez and Alejandro Flores Monteverde at the Rome Tennis Center.
Two doubles teams will claim a spot in the NCAA Doubles Championship, held Nov. 17-22.
Schoeman and Matikainen earned the doubles spot as the highest-ranked Big Ten team not already in the tournament.
The pair went 4-1 together in doubles at the Penn State Men’s Tennis Invitational, Oct. 2-4, and both finished 5-0 in singles. Matikainen earned his first Big Ten Player of the Week Award following his undefeated singles run in the tournament.
Schoeman and Matikainen also secured a win at ITA Regionals, Oct. 15-20, defeating Drexel’s Anthony Moukarzel and Lun Obrul, 8-4.
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