Sept. 29, 2008

Men's Tennis Wraps Up Weekend Play at Valpo Invitational

    Valparaiso, Ind -- The YSU men's tennis team traveled to Valpo to play in the weekend invitational hosted by the Crusaders. YSU faced Dayton and four Horizon League schools including Detroit, Green Bay, UIC and Valpo. No team scores were kept in the two-day event.

    Michael Kathary and Patrick Hamning each played in the Singles A bracket. Kathary lost his first match to Alex Lau from Valpo, 6-3, 6-2 before beating Dayton's Michael Rohana 6-2, 6-2 and Detroit's Dustin Goldenberg by a score of 3-6, 6-2, 10-6. Kathary finished the match strong by beating John Brough in three sets, 2-6, 7-5, 10-3. Hamning dropped his first match, but picked up the 6-4, 6-2 win over David Peyton from Dayton in the next round.

    At Singles B, Steve D'Angelo won two of his four rounds of beating Detroit's Gino McCathney 6-2, 6-2 and Green Bay's Brian Zaron 6-2, 5-7, 12-10. Robert Emig also won his first match at Singles B over Kyle Stump of Valpo.

    Brian Carey also won one of his matches in Singles C. Carey defeated Dean Masuda 6-4, 7-6 (1).

    At Doubles A, Hamning and Kathary teamed up to beat Matt Clegg and Matt Keesey from Green Bay 8-1.

    The Valpo Invitational concludes the regular season for the men's tennis team. Select members of the team will next prepare to play in the ITA Midwest Regional in late October.