Penn State Defeats Both Duquesne and St. Francis

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State men’s tennis team (4-0) tallied a 6-1 win over Duquesne (0-2) and collected a 7-0 victory over St. Francis (0-2).
 
“I think it’s nice to start the season off with four quality wins,” said head coach Jeff Zinn. “I feel like we’re trending in the right direction. We have some things that we’re going to have to work on this week. Each week gets tougher and tougher. I feel like a lot of guys got to play today, which was good. We say we had some injuries, so we saved some guys too. So, I feel like we’re trending in the right direction, and these were what these matches were for.”
 
DUQUESNE
 
DOUBLES
 
The Nittany Lions swept the Dukes on all three courts to earn the doubles point.
 
Stefan Simeunovic and Miko Eala earned Penn State its first win of the dual match against Liam Wickwire and Keita Duclos, 6-0. Loren Byers and Sam Bossem clinched the Blue and White the doubles point with a 6-1 victory over Kaipo Marshall and Jin Dassanayake.
 
Malik Bhatnaga and Charl Morgan added a 6-4 win for the Nittany Lions against David Georgadze and Tamirlan Teberikov to give Penn State the doubles sweep.
 
 
SINGLES
 
Penn State grabbed wins on five courts to defeat Duquesne.
 
Sam Bossem took the first point for the Nittany Lions by defeating Jin Dassanayake, 6-0, 6-1. Miko Eala took down Tamirlan Teberikov, 6-2, 6-1.
 
Charl Morgan recorded a comeback victory against David Georgadze, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
 
Duquesne tallied their lone point of the match with Kaipo Marsha’s 7-6 (7-5), 0-6, 6-2 singles match win…