Michigan State University
Cleveland State
Men's Tennis Tops Cleveland State and Youngstown State
1/24/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 24, 2009
Ronnie Hulewicz
EAST LANSING, Mich - Michigan State men's tennis defeated Cleveland State (5-2) and Youngstown State (7-0) Saturday, Jan. 24 at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility. The wins continued the Spartans four-match win streak to begin the 2009 season.
MSU started the day out strong winning the doubles point against Cleveland State with teams of John Allare and Jason Norville, and Clark Richardson and Alex Forger picking up wins.
Four of the six singles matches came out a Spartan victory as Alex Forger, Austin Brooks, Scott Rasmussen and Brendan Kinkopf defeated their opponents. Brooks clinched the win for the Green and White in a close match against Ryan Hamning of CSU, winning in tie breaking sets, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4). Rasmussen picked up a win going into a third match, outplaying Viking opponent Yannick Goosens, 4-6, 7-5 (10-8).
The doubleheader continued with all three MSU doubles teams picking up wins against Youngstown State. Norville and Allare posted an impressive 8-1 win over Steve D'Angelo and Robert Emig, while teammates Clark Richardson and Ronnie Hulewicz posted the same record over Patrick Hamning and Christopher Leson.
Forger, Brooks, Rasmussen, Norville, Hulewicz and John Stratton all posted wins over their singles opponents to sweep the Penguins. Stratton dominated his match against Christopher Leson defeating him 6-0, 6-0.
"I think we played very well overall," said head coach Gene Orlando. "It's tough doing two matches in one day but we have improved since last week and I'm pleased with that. Cleveland State was a tougher team to play and I think we dropped some losses we could have won. To their credit, they have a solid team and we got control and were able to take away the win."
Michigan State will play in its third-straight doubleheader at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility next Saturday, Jan. 31 against Western Illinois and Valparaiso. The Spartans are now 4-0 on the season as well as at home.
Cleveland State
Doubles
Phil Orno/Ryan Hamning def. Austin Brooks/John Stratton: 8-6
John Allare/Jason Norville def. Yannick Goosens/Rob West: 8-4
Clark Richardson/Alex Forger def. Robert Fox/Steven Whipprecht: 8-3
Singles
Phil Orno def. John Allare: 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Alex Forger def. Rob West: 6-2, 6-1
Austin Brooks vs. Ryan Hamning: 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4)
Scott Rasmussen vs. Yannick Goosens: 4-6, 7-5, 10-8
Robert Fox def. Ronnie Hulewicz: 2-6, 6-4, 10-7
Brendan Kinkopf def. Steven Whipprecht: 6-3, 6-3
Exhibition
Clark Richardson def. Aris Spirtos: 6-2, 6-2
John Stratton def. Adam Perkins: 6-2, 6-0
Youngstown State
Doubles
Jason Norville/John Allare def. Steve D'Angelo/Robert Emig: 8-1
Brendan Kinkopf/Scott Rasmussen def. Michael Kathary/Tariq Ismail: 8-3
Ronnie Hulewicz/Clark Richardson def. Patrick Hamning/Christopher Leson: 8-1
Singles
Alex Forger def. Michael Kathary:6-1, 6-1
Austin Brooks def. Patrick Hamning: 6-0, 6-1
Scott Rasmussen def. Tariq Ismail: 7-5, 6-3
Jason Norville def. Steve D'Angelo: 6-2, 6-3
Ronnie Hulewicz def. Robert Emig: 6-0, 6-2
John Stratton def. Christopher Leson: 6-0, 6-0
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