March 16, 2008

IPFW Gets Past Men's Tennis, 5-2

    Boardman -- The Youngstown State men's tennis team dropped a match, 5-2, to IPFW on Sunday morning at the Boardman Tennis Center. The Penguins picked up the doubles point, but could not hold the early lead against the Mastodons.

    Scott Kathary and Ryan Trapp won their match at No. 1 doubles in the tie-breaker 9-8 (7-5) over Nabil Mourad Filho and Nathan Jones. Diego Cerzosimo and Chris Leson helped secure the doubles point with their 8-6 win at the No. 2 spot.

    YSU also picked up a win at No. 2 singles as Trapp downed Filho, 6-4, 6-3. The victory marks Trapp's third win in a row for the spring season. Kathary and Cerzosimo each lost hard fought battles in the tie-breaker sets. Kathary fell 6-7(5-7), 2-6 in the No. 1 spot while Cerzosimo lost 6-7,(10-12), 2-6 at No. 3.

    The men's tennis team will open Horizon League play on Saturday March 29 against UIC on the road. Match time is set for 2 p.m.