Dan Sherman
Asst. Sports Information Director
Juniata College
814-641-3513
Oberlin, Pa. Juniata College's men's tennis was in action this weekend, competing in the Oberlin Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. The eagles achieved mixed results in their first outing of the 2014-15 season.
Leading the way for the Eagles was junior Logan Moore (Chadds Ford, Pa. / Unionville). Moore won all three of his singles matches, defeating Baldwin Wallace's Dan Rowsey 6-2, 6-0 in round one, Brandon Caynor 6-1, 6-0 in round two, and Alex Papke 6-1, 6-0 in his final match. Moore's success carried over to the doubles where he teamed up with Sho Sato (Shiga, Japan)to help Juniata claim and 8-5 victory over a pair from Wooster.
Sophomore Dean Polisena (Adelade, Australia / Saint Ignatius) was the only other Eagleto win a singles match defeating Wooster's Wilson Nelson 6-1, 6-3 in round two and Case Western's Fred Daum 6-3, 6-3 in round 3. He nearly had a win in the first round when he pushed Denison's Jeffery Loduca to a super-tiebreaker but fell 2-6, 7-6, 11-9 . Polisena and his doubles partner freshman Matyas Kohout (Krhanice, Czech Republic / Gymnasium Jizni Mesto) defeated a pair from Wooster 9-7 in the final round of play.
Juniata continues the season next weekend as they participate in the ITA Regional. Match times TBD.
