UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - William & Mary men's tennis suffered a 5-0 setback at Penn State on Sunday afternoon at the Sarni Tennis Center.
 
How It Happened
- Penn State (9-1) captured the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead behind wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions.
- The Tribe (2-3) came out strong in singles forcing tiebreakers in the opening set at the top two positions. Senior George Davis dropped a close one, falling in a pair of tiebreaker sets to Charl Morgan, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2), at the No. 1 post.
- Graduate student Joseph Brailovsky battled tight with Loren Byers at the No. 2 position. The Nittany Lion sophomore outlasted Brailovsky, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
- Penn State's Miko Eala and Sam Bossem picked up straight-set wins at No. 3 and No. 4 to push the Nittany Lion lead to 3-0 before the home team's wins at the top two singles positions.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns home for a pair of matches next weekend against two Hampton Roads opponents. W&M hosts Norfolk State on Friday, Feb. 17, at 5 p.m., before welcoming Old Dominion to the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m.
 
Penn State 5, William & Mary 0
Singles
No. 1 – Charl Morgan (PSU) def. George Davis (W&M) – 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2)
No. 2 – Loren Byers (PSU) def. Joseph Brailovsky (W&M) – 7-6 (5), 6-4
No. 3 – Miko Eala (PSU) def. Andres Silva (W&M) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 – Sam Bossem (PSU) def. Bill Duo (W&M) – 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 – Malik Bhatnagar (PSU) vs. Sean Joseph (W&M) – DNF, 4-1
No. 6 – Stefan Simeunovic (PSU) vs. Daniel Pellerito (W&M) – DNF, 4-1
Finishing Order: 3, 4, 2*, 1
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Bhatnagar/Morgan (PSU) def. Davis/Duo (W&M) – 6-1
No. 2 – Bossem/Byers (PSU) vs. Brailovsky/Silva (W&M) – DNF, 5-2
No. 3 – Eala/Simeunovic (PSU) def. Karman/Pellerito (W&M) – 6-2
Finishing Order: 1, 3*