MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – The Gettysburg College men's tennis team put a halt to a four-match losing streak with a 9-0 non-conference victory over Penn State Harrisburg on Thursday, March 29.
Gettysburg (4-4) had no issues against the Lions (7-3) dropping only three games in doubles and sweeping each of the six singles match ups in straight-sets. Both second doubles tandem
Johnny Nelson and
Mike McLaughlin and third doubles tandem
Sebastian Rodriguez and
Mike Pratt won 8-0, while No. 1 duo
Terry Keegan and
Chris Curran earned an 8-3 victory.
Rodriguez laid down a pair of bagels (6-0, 6-0) against Zachery Warriner at fourth singles, while Keegan and Nelson won handily at No. 3 (6-0, 6-1) and No. 6 (6-0, 6-2) respectively. Pratt swept Tyler Loy 6-1, 6-2 at the fifth spot.
Both Curran and McLaughlin cruised to wins at the top two singles bouts. Curran dropped only one game in each set at No. 1 (6-1, 6-1) and McLaughlin took down Evgeny Matigullin 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2. McLaughlin's doubles win earlier in the day was his 35th career decision in doubles, pushing him into a tie for third place on the program's career list with Brandon Cutter '98.
Gettysburg returns to the court on Tuesday, April 3, with a road trip to Dickinson College. The match is slated to begin at 4 p.m.
Gettysburg 9, Penn State Harrisburg 0
Singles competition
1.
Chris Curran (GC) def. Joshua Cartmill (PSU-HAR) 6-1, 6-1
2.
Mike McLaughlin (GC) def. Evgeny Matigullin (PSU-HAR) 6-4, 6-2
3.
Terry Keegan (GC) def. Vincent Lepore III (PSU-HAR) 6-0, 6-1
4.
Sebastian Rodriguez (GC) def. Zachery Warriner (PSU-HAR) 6-0, 6-0
5.
Mike Pratt (GC) def. Tyler Loy (PSU-HAR) 6-1, 6-2
6.
Johnny Nelson (GC) def. Vish Gopalakrishnan (PSU-HAR) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1.
Terry Keegan/
Chris Curran (GC) def. Joshua Cartmill/Evgeny Matigullin (PSU-HAR) 8-3
2.
Johnny Nelson/
Mike McLaughlin (GC) def. Tyler Loy/Vincent Lepore III (PSU-HAR) 8-0
3.
Sebastian Rodriguez/
Mike Pratt (GC) def. Zachry Warriner/Vish Gopalakrishnan (PSU-HAR) 8-0