Penguins Drop Contest At Tulane; Hagn Picks Up Victory

by YSU

Monday, Mar 11, 2013 1:16 pm

New Orleans, La. - The Youngstown State men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to Tulane on Sunday afternoon at the City Park Pepsi Tennis Center. At No. 2 singles, Sebastian Hagn earned a straight-set win for the Penguins.

The Penguins (5-4) had their five-match winning streak snapped by the Green Wave. With the Tulane improves to 7-4 on the year. The contest featured three rain delays and both teams had to battle 25 mph winds.

Hagn won 6-3, 6-2 beating Tulane's Joe Young. At No. 1, Silviu Mistreanu dropped a hard-fought three-set match to Idan Mark. Mistreanu won the first set 6-2, but dropped the second 7-5. In the third-set super tiebreaker, Mark beat Mistreanu 10-7.

At No. 4, Felipe Rosa lost a 6-2, 7-5 decision to Alex Van Cott.

YSU coutinues its southern swing with a dual meet at Southern Miss on Monday.

Tulane 6, Youngstown State 1

Singles
No. 1 - Idan Mark (Tulane) def. Mistreanu (YSU) - 2-6, 7-5, 10-7
No. 2 - Hagn (YSU) def. Joe Young (Tulane) - 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 - Dominik Koepfer (Tulane) def. Kabli (YSU) - 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 - Alex Van Cott (Tulane) def. Rosa (YSU) - 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 - Adam Bernstein (Tulane) def. Ismail (YSU) - 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 - Cedric Rutsaert (Tulane) def. Campos (YSU) - 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 - Mark/Koepfer (Tulane) def. Hagn/Kabli (YSU) - 8-1
No. 2 - A. Van Cott/Rodrigo Rappaccioli (Tulane) def. Ismail/Campos (YSU) - 8-0
No. 3 - Young/Ian Van Cott (Tulane) def. Mistreanu/Rosa (YSU) - 8-1

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