BALTIMORE – Sophomore Alex Kagan (Guilford, Conn./Guilford) and freshman Michael Fellman (Rockville, Md./Thomas S. Wootton) each went unbeaten in singles action and Gettysburg College made the most of its first fall tournament in seven years with a strong showing at the Goucher College Invitational on Sept. 18-19.
 
Match Highlights

• Gettysburg's last fall tournament was the Mount Saint Mary's Invitational in 2014.
• The Bullets went 5-1 overall during the final day of competition.
• Kagan and classmate Michael Zayneh (Hilton Head Island, S.C./Heritage Academy) checked in an early highlight for the Bullets by knocking off Drew's top tandem of Avi Perera and Bret Schuler 8-4 in their opening bout. Perera, who did not compete for Drew last year, was 8-0 in doubles play two years ago and Schuler went 11-1 in doubles action for the Rangers last season.
• Fellman nearly posted a perfect weekend on the courts. The first-year went 2-1 in doubles play with junior Matt Rau (Castle Pines, Colo./Regis Jesuit) with the only setback coming in a tiebreaker(8-7 (4)) to Siddharth Byreddy and Kenneth Elliott of Ramapo. Fellman picked up wins in all three of his singles bouts and dropped only two games along the way.
• Kagan, an all-conference singles performer a year ago, also went 3-0. The sophomore had to put in overtime to clinch the sweep, outlasting Mathius Dessureau of Harford Community College in a super-tiebreaker 6-2, 4-6, 10-8.
• Zayneh also closed his weekend with an extra-set victory. He bounced back from a first-set loss to beat Haverford's Patrick Kley 4-6, 6-4, 11-9.
• Senior Patrick Bodovitz (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) opened his weekend with a tiebreaker setback, but rebounded for a pair of straight-set wins. Bodovitz defeated Nick Fleming of Immaculata 6-2, 6-3 before downing Ryan Wartenburg of Goucher 6-1, 6-4.
• Freshman Hayden Strittmatter (Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai) won his final two doubles and singles matches. Strittmatter teamed with Bodovitz for 8-5 and 8-3 wins over teams Drew and Harford CC, respectively. The first-year capped Saturday's action with a super-tiebreaker victory over Goucher's Joshua Noel 6-3, 2-6, 10-8. His tournament finale wasn't nearly as dramatic, scoring a straight-set win over Michael Francis 6-1, 6-2.
• Rau also turned in a tiebreaker win in singles action, rebounding from a second-set loss to beat John Dickey of Drew 6-0, 4-6, 10-7 in his first singles match. The junior closed his weekend with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Jason Watts from Immaculata.

 
Singles Competition

• Fellman def. Paul Monson (SVU) injury default
• Fellman def. Daniel Blonquist (SVU) 6-1, 6-1
• Fellman def. Jackson Trevor (Haverford) 6-0, 6-0
   
• Kagan def. Michael Miller (Marymount) 6-1, 6-1
• Kagan def. Benton Drake (SVU) injury default
• Kagan def. Mathius Dessureau (Harford CC) 6-2, 4-6, 10-8
   
• Pablo Poleo (Harford CC) def. Zayneh 6-2, 6-2
• Zayneh def. Brian Kane (Goucher) injury default
• Zayneh def. Patrick Kley (Haverford) 4-6, 6-4, 11-9
   
• Billy MacDonald (Drew) def. Bodovitz 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
• Bodovitz def. Nick Fleming (Immaculata) 6-2, 6-3
• Bodovitz def. Ryan Wartenburg (Goucher) 6-1, 6-4
   
• Rau def. John Dickey (Drew) 6-0, 4-6, 10-7
• Jeremy Gottlieb (Drew) def. Rau 6-4, 6-0
• Rau def. Jason Watts (Immaculata) 6-2, 6-3
   
• Marlo Perez-Urrutia (SVU) def. Strittmatter 6-4, 6-1
• Strittmatter def. Joshua Noel (Goucher) 6-3, 2-6, 10-8
• Strittmatter def. Michael Francis (Harford CC) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles Competition

• Kagan/Zayneh def. Perera/Schuler (Drew) 8-4
• Bazant/Dessureau (HCC) def. Kagan/Zayneh 8-6
• Kane/Adebamgbe (Goucher) def. Kagan/Zayneh 8-4
   
• Fellman/Rau def. Flynn/Francis (HCC) 8-0
• Byreddy/Eilliot (Ramapo) def. Fellman/Rau 8-7 (4)
• Fellman/Rau def. Nguyen/Noel (Goucher) 8-2
   
• Pitcher/Bassett (SVU) def. Bodovitz/Strittmatter 8-2
• Bodovitz/Strittmatter def. Dickey/Gottlieb (Drew) 8-5
• Bodovitz/Strittmatter def. Flynn/Francis (HCC) 8-3
   

Up Next
Gettysburg continues its fall slate by hosting Messiah College during Homecoming Weekend on Saturday, Sept. 25, at 1 p.m.