March 14, 2007

Men's Tennis Drops 7-0 Decision to Nationally Ranked Stetson

    Sanford, Fl. -- The Youngstown State men's tennis team lost to Stetson 7-0 on Wednesday evening in the last match of the spring break trip. Stetson is ranked 72nd in the nation for its men's tennis program. The Penguins won three of the four matches played on the trip improving the overall spring record to 4-6.
    In singles action No 1. Hicham Laalej defeated Tom Barth, 6-3, 6-2. No. 2 Filip Kricka beat Scott Kathary, 6-2, 6-3. No. 3 Daniel Stamp knocked off Diego Cerzosimo, 6-0, 7-6. No. 4 Peter Dzuba beat Brian Meek, 6-0, 6-1. No. 5 Trevor Bach edged Ryan Trapp, 6-1, 6-3 while No. 6 Bret Feldman slipped by Jason Trapp, 7-5, 3-6, 10-3.
    At doubles, No. 1 Joey Jones and Serguei Boulanov teamed up to beat Barth and Kathary, 8-5. No. 2 Feldman and Kricka defeated Trapp and Trapp, 8-3. Finally, No. 3 Dzuba and Stamp beat Meek and Cerzosimo, 8-3.

    They men's tennis team will play at home against Robert Morris on Sunday morning at 8 a.m.