Greensburg, Pa. - Luke Purser and Bassem El Mekawi picked up singles wins as the Penguins dropped a 5-2 contest to Temple on Saturday at the Greensburg Racquet Club. 

Purser earned a 7-5, 6-4 win over Nicolas Paulus at No. 3 while El Mekawi won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 4 over Uldazimir Dorash. 

At No. 1, Hugo Morth lost a tough 6-2, 4-6, 7-5  contest to Santiago Canete. The match was clinched by Temple with a win at No. 2 as Artem Kapshuk defeated Matthew Kritzinger in two tiebreaks. Kirtzinger lost 7-6 (3) and 7-6 (3) in both sets.

The Owls (9-1) won the doubles point by winning all three matches.

The Penguins return to action on Sunday morning when they play host to Bucknell. First serve is set for 9 a.m. at the Boardman Tennis Center.

Temple 5, Youngstown State 2
Doubles:
1) Hicham Belkssir/Vineet Naran (Temple) def. Hugo Morth/Agustin Reyers (YSU), 6-1
2) Artem Kapshuk/Nicolas Paulus (Temple) def. Matthew Kritzinger/Luke Purser (YSU), 6-3
3) Uldazimir Dorash/Florian Mayer (Temple) def. Bassem El Mekawi/Gabriel Tolesani (YSU), 6-3
 
Singles:
1) Santiago Canete (Temple) def. Hugo Morth (YSU), 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
2) Artem Kapshuk (Temple) def. Matthew Kritzinger (YSU), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
3) Luke Purser (YSU) def. Nicolas Paulus (Temple), 7-5, 6-4
4) Bassem El Mekawi (YSU) def. Uldazimir Dorash (Temple), 6-1, 6-4
5) Florian Mayer (Temple) def. Gabriel Tolesani (YSU), 6-3, 6-1
6) Filip Stipcic (Temple) def. Agustin Reyes (YSU), 6-1, 7-5
 
Order of Finish
Doubles: 1,3,2
Singles: 5,4,6,3,2,1