Meadville, Pa. – The Mercyhurst men's tennis team lost a pair of matches at the Allegheny Invitational Saturday afternoon. The men fell 8-1 to Case Western and 7-2 to Allegheny College.
Ron Heurich posted the lone victory for the Lakers against Case Western, winning 6-3, 6-4. While Kyle King and Adam Marnik won their matches 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 and 6-4, 6-2, respectively against Allegheny.
The Lakers return to action when they travel to Allegheny on Sept. 15th for a 4:00 p.m. match.
CASE 8, Mercyhurst College 1
Sep 12, 2009
Singles Competition
1. John Smetana (CASE-M) def. Mijo Cotic (MC-M) 6-4, 6-3
2. Ron Heurich (MC-M) def. Rohan Patel (CASE-M) 6-3, 6-4
3. Kyle Gerber (CASE-M) def. Kyle King (MC-M) 6-2, 1-6, 9-7
4. Alex Solove (CASE-M) def. Adam Marnik (MC-M) 6-1, 6-4
5. Richard Brunsting (CASE-M) def. Juan Franco (MC-M) 6-3, 6-1
6. Sean Carr (CASE-M) def. Mark Fuhry (MC-M) 6-0, 6-0
Double Competition
1. Greg Woyczynski/Rohan Patel (CASE-M) def. Mijo Cotic/Adam Marnik (MC-M) 8-3
2. Kyle Gerber/Alex Solove (CASE-M) def. Kyle King/Ron Heurich (MC-M) 8-3
3. Richard Brunsting/John Smetana (CASE-M) def. Juan Franco/Justin Tompkins (MC-M) 8-1
Allegneny College 7, Mercyhurst 2
Sep 12, 2009
Singles competition
1. Alex Bonfiglion (ALL-M) def. Mijo Cotic (MC-M) 6-2, 6-4
2. Uros Predic (ALL-M) def. Ronald Heurich (MC-M) 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
3. Kyle King (MC-M) def. Mike Provenzam (ALL-M) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
4. Adam Marnik (MC-M) def. Evan Gordon (ALL-M) 6-4, 6-2
5. Max Hennessy (ALL-M) def. Juan Franco (MC-M) 6-2, 6-3
6. Johnathan Jordan (ALL-M) def. Justin Tompkins (MC-M) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Jake Allmaras/Max Hennessy (ALL-M) def. Mijo Cotic/Adam Marnik (MC-M) 9-8
2. Uros Predic/Ben Hurtuk (ALL-M) def. Kyle King/Ronald Heurich (MC-M) 8-6
3. Johnathan Jordan/Evan Gordon (ALL-M) def. Juan Franco/Justin Tompkins (MC-M) 8-2
Match Notes
Mercyhurst College 1-2
