ERIE, Pa. -- The Mount Union men's tennis team dropped a 6-3
decision at Penn State Behrend (Pa.) on Wednesday.
Patrick
Yackmack (Mantua/Twinsburg) was both a singles and doubles
victor for the Purple Raiders. He won at No. 3 singles over David
Buiter, 6-3, 6-3, and then teamed with Yasuhiro Anno
(Fukucka, Japan/Kyushu Kokusai Daigaku Fuzoku) for a 9-7 win at
second doubles.
Braden Rucinsky (Wooster/Kidron Central Christian) also scored a
point for Mount Union. He won his No. 5 singles match over Jake
Fling, 6-4, 0-6, 10-5.
The Raiders (0-2) will return to action on Friday with a 3:30
p.m. match at Ohio Wesleyan.
Penn State Behrend 6, Mount
Union 3
Sep 29, 2010 at Erie, Pa.
| Singles
competition |
| 1. Matt Slamecka (PSB) def.
Zach Perry
(MTU) 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2. Elliott Blackstone (PSB)
def. Nate
Fockler (MTU) 6-1, 6-1 |
| 3. Chris Galvin (PSB) def.
Yasuhiro Anno (MTU) 6-2, 5-7, 10-7 |
| 4. Patrick Yackmack (MTU)
def. David Buiter (PSB) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 5. Braden Rucinsky (MTU) def.
Jake Fling (PSB) 6-4, 0-6, 10-5 |
| 6. John Michalko (PSB) def.
Tyler
Starcher (MTU) 7-5, 6-2 |
| Doubles
competition |
| 1. Elliott Blackstone/Chris
Galvin (PSB) def. Zach Perry/Nate Fockler (MTU) 8-4 |
| 2. Yasuhiro Anno/Patrick
Yackmack (MTU) def. Matt Slamecka/David Buiter (PSB)
9-7 |
| 3. John Michalko/Jake Fling
(PSB) def. Tyler Starcher/Braden Rucinsky (MTU) 8-3 |
