Behrend Men's Tennis Hosts W&J Saturday at Westwood

The Penn State Behrend men’s tennis team will face Washington & Jefferson in non-conference action on Saturday at Westwood Racquet Club.

February 24, 2023

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Washington and Jefferson	Penn State Behrend
Score	2	7

Doubles

Ratvik Nadikude / Jonathon Laier def. Abhinav Yarramaneni / Alex Duing 8-2
Jackson Akers / Connor Simms def. Mitchell May / Cody Jaconski 8-7
Mason Harbaugh / Evan Dean def. Jaren Thimons / Arya Pandit 8-4

Singles

Ratvik Nadikude def. Jackson Akers 6-0 , 6-0
Jonathon Laier def. Alex Duing 6-0 , 6-2
Mitchell May def. Abhinav Yarramaneni 6-0 , 6-4
Mason Harbaugh def. Nate Clarke 6-1 , 7-5
Cody Jaconski def. Nolan Rehrig 6-2 , 6-3
Connor Simms def. Chris Pham 6-3 , 4-6 , 11-9

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's tennis team will face Washington & Jefferson in non-conference action on Saturday at Westwood Racquet Club.

Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions won a pair of matches this weekend, blanking Thiel and Alfred
* The two wins evens Behrend's record to 4-4 on the season
* Between the two matches, the Lions had 14 sets where they did not give up a point
* Ritvik Nadikude (Hyderabad, India/The Gaudium School), Jonathon Laier (Lansing, MI/Holt), Mitchell May (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) and Cody Jaconski (DuBois, PA/DuBois) were undefeated in both matches on the day, winning twice in each match
* Nadikude improve to 6-2 and is on a three-match winning streak at No. 1 singles, posting an 6-1, 6-2 victory vs. Thiel and followed with a 6-0, 6-2 win vs. Alfred
* Against the Tomcats, May and Evan Hillhouse (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) did not surrender a set point at No. 3 and No. 5 singles, respectively