NCAA Mens Tennis

No. 63 Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 23 Northwestern, 4-0

No. 63 Men’s Tennis Falls to No. 23 Northwestern, 4-0


EVANSTON, Ill. – The Penn State men’s tennis team (13-6, 0-2 B1G) fell to the Northwestern Wildcats (11-7, 1-1 B1G) in a 4-0 match in the Combe Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon. 

DOUBLES 

The Wildcats earned victories on courts one and three to clinch the doubles point.  

Miko Eala and Stefan Simuenovic fell to Trice Pickens/Natan Spear 6-3 before Sam Bossem and Loren Byers earned the equalizer on court two in a 6-2 contest over Ivan Yatsuk and Gleb Blekher. 

Northwestern grabbed the point on No. 1 as Malik Bhatnagar and Charl Morgan were defeated 6-2 by Simen Bratholm and Steven Forman.  

SINGLES 

Northwestern took courts one, two, and four to secure the match.  

Morgan fell to #54 Steven Forman 6-2, 6-1 before Trice Pickens defeated Bossem 6-2, 6-3 on court four to finish second. The Wildcats completed the sweep in a 6-4, 7-6 decision in which Byers lost to Yatsuk. 

Eala, Simeunovic, and Nemani went unfinished on courts three, five, and six. 

RESULTS 

Northwestern 4, Penn State 0 

Doubles Results 

  1. Simen Bratholm/Steven Forman (NU) def. Malik Bhatnagar/Charl Morgan (PSU) 6-2 

  1. Loren Byers/Sam Bossem (PSU) def. Ivan Yatsuk/Gleb Blekher (NU) 6-2 

  1. Trice Pickens/Natan Spear (NU) def. Miko Eala/Stefan Simeunovic (PSU) 6-3 

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1 

Singles Results 

  1. #54 Steven Forman (NU) def. Charl Morgan (PSU) 6-2, 6-1 

  1. Ivan Yatsuk (NU) def. Loren Byers (PSU) 6-4, 7-6 

  1. Miko Eala (PSU) vs. Simen Bratholm (NU) 4-6, 3-4, unfinsihed 

  1. Trice Pickens (NU) def. Sam Bossem (PSU) 6-2, 6-3 

  1. Stefan Simeunovic (PSU) vs. Presley Thieneman (NU) 6-7, 3-4, unfinished 

  1. Pranav Nemani (PSU) vs. Gleb Blekher (NU) 7-6, 1-4, unfinished 

Order of finish: 1, 4, 2 

UP NEXT 

The Nittany Lions return home to Happy Valley for their B1G home opener against Wisconsin on Friday, March 31 at 5:00 p.m. ET. 

Check GoPSUSports.com for coverage of the Penn State men’s tennis team during the season. Follow the team on Twitter @pennstateMTEN, Instagram @pennstatemtennis and on Facebook at facebook.com/pennstatemenstennis. 

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