March 11, 2009

Men's Tennis Falls to Green Bay 7-0 in Second Match of Spring Break Trip

  Green Bay, Wis. -- The Youngstown State men's tennis team continued its spring break tour against Green Bay on Wednesday night at the Western Racquet Club. The Phoenix won all six of the singles matches and two of the doubles matches to pick up the 7-0 victory and its first Horizon League win of the season. Steve D'Angelo and Robert Emig teamed up at No. 3 doubles for their fourth straight win.

    The duo won the match 8-4, but the win was not enough as Green Bay won at No. 1 and 2 doubles to claim the point.

    The Phoenix  won five matches in straight sets while Emig came the closest to winning his match as he extended it to the third set. Emig won 6-4 in the first set against Henning Jess but lost 6-0 and 7-5 in the second and third.
    The Penguins will play the last match of the spring break trip tomorrow night at 7:30 against UW-Oshkosh.