JMU Upended 7-0 at Penn State

Sunday, February 12

State College, Pa.

9 a.m.

James Madison University

Penn State

2/12/2017 8:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – James Madison men's tennis was upended at Penn State on Sunday, falling 7-0 on the road.

The Dukes (3-3) were swept by the Nittany Lions (5-1) in doubles action, giving PSU the 1-0 lead heading into singles play. Penn State then took each of the six singles matches in two sets.

Junior Theophile Lanthiez and freshman Paul Mendoza each took their opponents the distance of 7-5 in at least one set. Freshman Tate Steinour took his first singles loss of the spring with a 6-3, 6-0 decision against Marc Collado at the No. 6 position.

QUOTING HEAD COACH STEVE SECORD
"Penn State is solid from top to bottom, but we competed well. We will take a lot of positives from the matches this weekend and work on some things in practice next week to prepare for Elon."

RESULTS

Doubles (2, 1, 3)
1. Nemeth/Collado (PSU) def. Lanthiez/Mendoza (JMU), 6-3
2. Gordon/Antonopoulos (PSU) def. Salinas/Steinour (JMU), 6-1
3. Dolidze/B. Lieb (PSU) def. Roberts/Simonsen (JMU), 6-4
Singles (2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 5)
1. Constant De La Bassetiere (PSU) def. Theophile Lanthiez (JMU), 6-2, 7-5
2. Christian Lakoseljac (PSU) def. Sebastian Salinas (JMU), 6-3, 6-0
3. Aws Laaribi (PSU) def. Damon Roberts (JMU), 6-3, 6-2
4. Christos Antonopoulos (PSU) def. Brett Moorhead (JMU), 6-2, 6-3
5. Ben Lieb (PSU) def. Paul Mendoza (JMU), 7-5, 6-2
6. Marc Collado (PSU) def. Tate Steinour (JMU), 6-3, 6-0

UP NEXT
JMU opens league play with a trip to Elon on Saturday, Feb. 18 for a 1 p.m. contest. It is the Dukes' lone contest over the next 19 days.