March 13, 2008

Men's Tennis Edges Northwood University, 5-4

    Stuart, Fla. -- The Youngstown State men's tennis team concluded its spring break trip with a 5-4 victory over Northwood University on Thursday afternoon. The Penguins claimed the doubles points and won three of the singles matches against the Seahawks.  Lower division scoring was used in the match.

    Scott Kathary and Ryan Trapp won their match at No. 1 doubles 8-1. Diego Cerzosimo and Chris Leson helped secure the doubles points with their 8-1 win at the No. 2 spot.

    YSU entered singles play with the lead. Kathary added to the Penguins score with this 8-3 victory over Gabriel Cernea. Trapp won at No. 2 singles by beating Andreas Parschau 9-8 (7-5) in the tie-breaker. Cerzosimo also won his match at No. 3, 8-6. The Seahawks picked up wins at No. 4, 5 and 6 singles, but YSU had the 5-4 advantage with the doubles points.

    The men's tennis match against Robert Morris on Saturday will be rescheduled for a later date The team will resume play against IPFW on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. at the Boardman Tennis Center.