Source: GoPSUsports.com
Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2009 5:32:00 PM EST
Published: Sunday, September 20, 2009 5:33:47 PM EST
Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2009 5:32:00 PM EST
Published: Sunday, September 20, 2009 5:33:47 PM EST
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Penn State men's tennis team completed the third and final day of the Farnsworth/Princeton Fall Invitational on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Jason Lee (Melbourne, Australia) and junior Eddie Bourchier (Hobart, Australia) led the way for the Nittany Lions as they captured the Flight "A" doubles title.
In Flight "A" doubles action, sophomore Lee and junior Bourchier came out victorious in their flight as they defeated Cornell's Jeremy Feldman and Andy Gauthier, 8-5. In the Flight ""B"" final, senior Guillaume St-Maurice (Saint-Eustache, Quebec) and sophomore Taylor Cohen (Philadelphia, Pa.) had a tough loss to Yohei Shoji and Matt Siow of Princeton, 8-2.
In singles action, senior Ryan Gormley (Las Vegas, Nev.) represented Penn State in the Flight "A" singles final. Gormley was defeated by Pennsylvania's Eugen Brazdil in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Lee, who played the consolation bracket final, defeated Yale's Calvin Bennett, 6-1, 6-4.
Over in the Flight "C" singles, St-Maurice defeated his freshman teammate C.J. Griffin (Portland, Mich.), 6-1, 6-1. Griffin finished the weekend going a solid 2-2 in his first four career matches. In the Flight ""D' consolation bracket, Coleman Crutchfield of Princeton defeated freshman Guanhua Chen (DaLian, China) in the final, 6-3, 6-3.
Penn State is off for a month before heading to Norfolk, Va. for the ITA Regional Championships on Oct. 23. The Big Ten Singles Tournament is slated for Oct. 29-Nov. 2 in East Lansing, Mich.
In Flight "A" doubles action, sophomore Lee and junior Bourchier came out victorious in their flight as they defeated Cornell's Jeremy Feldman and Andy Gauthier, 8-5. In the Flight ""B"" final, senior Guillaume St-Maurice (Saint-Eustache, Quebec) and sophomore Taylor Cohen (Philadelphia, Pa.) had a tough loss to Yohei Shoji and Matt Siow of Princeton, 8-2.
In singles action, senior Ryan Gormley (Las Vegas, Nev.) represented Penn State in the Flight "A" singles final. Gormley was defeated by Pennsylvania's Eugen Brazdil in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Lee, who played the consolation bracket final, defeated Yale's Calvin Bennett, 6-1, 6-4.
Over in the Flight "C" singles, St-Maurice defeated his freshman teammate C.J. Griffin (Portland, Mich.), 6-1, 6-1. Griffin finished the weekend going a solid 2-2 in his first four career matches. In the Flight ""D' consolation bracket, Coleman Crutchfield of Princeton defeated freshman Guanhua Chen (DaLian, China) in the final, 6-3, 6-3.
Penn State is off for a month before heading to Norfolk, Va. for the ITA Regional Championships on Oct. 23. The Big Ten Singles Tournament is slated for Oct. 29-Nov. 2 in East Lansing, Mich.
