No. 69 Men’s Tennis Falls to WisconsinNo. 69 Men’s Tennis Falls to Wisconsin
Caleb Craig

No. 69 Men’s Tennis Falls to Wisconsin

Byers, Bossem collect singles wins

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The No. 69 Penn State men's tennis team dropped its match, 4-3, to Wisconsin. Despite a doubles point clinch and two singles wins from Loren Byers and Sam Bossem, the Nittany Lions fell short. 

 

DOUBLES 

Taking the top spot, Bossem and Byers played a battle of a match against Oliver Olsson and Tomas Zlatohlavek, ultimately winning, 7-6(2). On Court 3, Reiya Hattori and Shri Murugesan fought back and forth, claiming the 6-4 victory over Edouard Aubert and Matthew Fullerton. 

 

Marcus Schoeman and David Lindsay partnered up on the second court where they trailed 5-4 against Patrik Meszaros and Michael Minasyan when the match went unfinished as Penn State had already claimed the doubles point. 

 

SINGLES 

At first singles, No. 91 Byers defeated Minasyan in a well played, 6-3, 6-3, matchup. 

Bossem took the third spot, playing a strong match against Zlatohlavek and ultimately claiming the 6-3, 6-2 win. 

 

On Court 2, Schoeman played a tough match, but fell 6-3, 7-5 to Meszaros. At the fourth spot, Hattori dropped his match to Aubert, 6-2, 6-3. On Court 5, Lindsay fell to Fullerton in a 6-4, 6-2 matchup. Murugesan took the sixth court took his match into three sets, but ultimately dropped, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2, to Sachiv Kumar. 

 

UP NEXT 

The Nittany Lions will hit the road to take on No. 29 Michigan State on Saturday, March 19 and No. 22 Michigan on Sunday, March 20. Both matches are slated to begin at 11:00 a.m. 

 

Visit GoPSUsports.com for more updates on the Nittany Lion's season. Follow the team on Instagram @pennstatemtennis and on X @pennstateMTEN for more continued updates. 

 

RESULTS 

Doubles 

  1. Bossem/Byers (PSU) def. Olsson/Zlatohlavek (WIS) 7-6(2)
  2. Lindsay/Schoeman (PSU) vs. Meszaros/Minasyan (WIS) 4-5, unfinished
  3. Hattori/Murugesan (PSU) def. Aubert/Fullerton (WIS) 6-4

 

Singles 

  1. Byers (PSU) vs. Minasyan (WIS) 6-3, 6-3
  2. Meszaros (WIS) def. Schoeman (PSU) 6-3, 7-5
  3. Bossem (PSU) def. Zlatohlavek (WIS) 6-3, 6-2
  4. Aubert (WIS) def. Hattori (PSU) 6-2, 6-3
  5. Fullerton (WIS) def. Lindsay (PSU) 6-4, 6-2
  6. Kumar (WIS) def. Murugesan (PSU) 6-4, 0-6, 6-2