YORK, Pa. - Penn State Harrisburg's men's tennis team kept rolling with a convincing 8-1 non-conference victory in the penultimate match of the fall season at York (Pa.) on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 8.
The Lions (4-1) took control in doubles action, winning all three matches to nab the early lead. Cooper Wheeler and Clayton Herb battled to an 8-7 victory with a 9-7 tiebreak decision in the hotly-contested No. 1 singles matchup, while Owen Ou and Derwin Merca came away with an 8-3 win in the No. 2 contest. Vik Patel and Colin Flack made it a doubles sweep with an 8-6 victory in the third outing.
The visitors continued to impress in singles play, led by Wheeler's 6-4, 6-2 win over York's Jason Lutz in the top contest. Ou dropped a back-and-forth three setter in the No. 2 matchup but the rest of Penn State Harrisburg's lineup emerged victorious.
Merca went over Hayden Muster 6-1, 6-3 in the No. 3 outing and Patel secured a 6-2, 6-2 win over Emmet Larson in the No. 4 matchup. Herb worked for a 7-6, 6-2 victory in the No. 5 contest against Ian Bartles and Flack cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 win in the No. 6 spot to close out the team's impressive effort.
The Lions will close out the fall portion of their schedule when they travel to Susquehanna for one last non-conference match on Saturday, Oct. 14.
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