El Mekawi Wins C Singles Title At Valparaiso Crusader Indoor Invitational

by YSU

Sunday, Oct 18, 2015 9:04 pm

Valparaiso, Ind. - Youngstown State's Bassem El Mekawi won the C singles title while Matthew Kritzinger and Hugo Morth advanced to the finals of the A doubles flight at the Valparaiso Invitational which was held over the weekend.

El Mekawi beat Jimmy Le of Cardinal Stitch (6-1, 6-1), Nick Schnobel of Western Michigan (6-3, 6-3), Eric Marbach of Northern Illinois in three sets before rallying to defeat Brian Hickey of Valparaiso, 5-7, 6-2, 10-6.

Morth and Kritzinger lost the A Flight doubles final to Western Michigan's Matt Hamilton and Maik Steiner. Morth and Kritzinger had won their first three matches before falling in the finals.

The Penguins are next in action at the ITA Midwest Regionals later this week.

YSU Results for Crusader Indoor Invitational

Singles

Luka Vitosevic (Toledo) def. Morth (YSU) 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 10-4
Dahan (YSU) def. Surya Sawhney (Western Illinois) 6-1, 6-1
Danilo Pejovic (Toledo) def. Tolesani (YSU) 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 10-8
Kritzinger (YSU) def. Juan Lopez Morales (Olivet Nazarene) 6-1, 7-5
El Mekawi (YSU) def. Jimmy Le (Cardinal Stritch) 6-1, 6-1
Austen Hammett (Northwestern Ohio) def. Page (YSU) 4-6, 4-3, retired
Julian Childers (Illinois) def. Dahan (YSU) 6-1, 6-2

Morth (YSU) def. William East (Cardinal Stritch) 6-1, 6-3
Michael Savaglio (Valpo) def. Kritzinger (YSU) 6-3, 6-4
Ronnie Myburgh (Northwestern Ohio) def. Tolesani (YSU) 4-6, 6-4, 10-5
Brian Hickey (Valpo) def. Sherif (YSU) 6-2, 6-4
El Mekawi (YSU) def. Nick Schnobel (Western Michigan) 6-3, 6-3

Matt Hamilton (Western Michigan) def. Dahan (YSU), walkover
Morth (YSU) def. Lucas Waak (Valpo) 6-3, 7-5
Renan Hanayama (Purdue) def. Kritzinger (YSU), walkover
Ross Smith (Western Illinois) def. Tolesani (YSU), walkover
El Mekawi (YSU) def. Eric Marbach (Northern Illinois) 6-2, 3-6, 10-7
Sherif (YSU) def. Stephen Miller (Toledo) 6-4, 6-4
Omar Espinosa (Toledo) def. Morth (YSU) 6-4, 6-4
El Mekawi (YSU) def. Brian Hickey (Valpo) 5-7, 6-2, 10-6

Doubles

Morth/Kritzinger (YSU) def. Caio Barros/Florian Fresse (Cardinal Stritch) 7-5
Dahan/El Mekawi (YSU) def. Ben Yeacker/Nolan Jones (Western Illinois) 6-0
Morth/Kritzinger (YSU) def. Omar Espinosa/Luka Vitosevic (Toledo) 7-5
Maik Steiner/Matt Hamilton (Western Michigan) def. Dahan/El Mekawi (YSU) 6-3
Alfonso Martinez/Tyler Cannon (Olivet Nazarene) def. Tolesani/Sherif (YSU) 6-4
Morth/Kritzinger (YSU) def. Rodolfo Sanchez/Juan Lopez Morales (Olivet Nazarene) 6-2
Tom Hjertonsson/Eric Marbach (Northern Illinois) def. Dahan/El Mekawi (YSU) 6-3
Tolesani/Sherif (YSU) def. Surya Sawhney/Page (Western Illinois), retired
Maik Steiner/Matt Hamilton (Western Michigan) def. Morth/Kritzinger (YSU) 6-2
Danny Oakes/Lucas Waak (Valpo) def. Gabriel / Sherif (YSU) 7-6 (7-2)

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