NCAA Mens Tennis

Men’s Tennis Drops Narrow 4-3 Match to No. 4 Michigan

Michigan State

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Penn State men’s tennis team (13-6, 0-5 B1G) dropped a hard-fought 4-3 match to the No. 4 Michigan Wolverines (18-2, 5-0 B1G) in Ann Arbor on Friday evening.  

DOUBLES 

The Nittany Lions took courts two and three to secure the first point of the match. 

Malik Bhatnagar and Charl Morgan lost 6-3 on No. 1 to Andrew Fenty and Gavin Young, before Miko Eala and Stefan Simeunovic earned the equalizer in a 6-3 decision on court three.  

Sam Bossem and Loren byers clinched the doubles point in a 6-4 victory over Ondrej Styler and Jacob Bickersteth.  

SINGLES 

The Wolverines earned two quick singles wins on courts two and five to take the match lead. Grabbing the equalizer, Eala downed No. 45 Gavin Young in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Bossem regained the lead in a 7-5, 6-3 decision on court four over Ehrenschneider. 

Michigan won courts two and six to clinch the match, 4-3.  

RESULTS 

Michigan 4, Penn State 3 

Doubles Results 

  1. Andrew Fenty/Gavin Young (MICH) def. Malik Bhatnagar/Charl Morgan (PSU) 6-2 

  1. Sam Bossem/Loren Byers (PSU) def. Ondrej Styler/Jacob Bickersteth (MICH) 6-4 

  1. Miko Eala/Stefan Simeunovic (PSU) def. Nino Ehrenschneider/Nicholas Steiglehner (MICH) 6-3 

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2 

Singles Results 

  1. #15 Andrew Fenty (MICH) def. Charl Morgan (PSU) 6-3, 6-0 

  1. #8 Ondrej Styler (MICH) def. Loren Byers (PSU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 

  1. Miko Eala (PSU) def. #45 Gavin Young (MICH) 6-3, 6-3 

  1. Sam Bossem (PSU) def. Nino Ehrenschneider…

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