10/21/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 21, 2000
%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio– The Ohio State men’s tennis team sent three players to the Penn%^$Invitational at Philadelphia, Pa. Friday and gained valuable experience in the process.%^$
%^$Jonathon Scale (So., Acworth, Ga./Harrison),%^$Martin Johannson (Jr., Malmo, Sweden/Physical Education) and%^$Ben Kirksey (Fr., Canton, Ohio/McKinley) competed in the singles portion of the tournament%^$while Scale and Johannson teamed together in doubles play.%^$
%^$Scale fell from the tournament in the quarterfinals when he was defeated, 6-5 (2), 2-6, 6-3,%^$by No. 1 seed Oscar Chow of Columbia. Scale made it to the quarterfinals by defeating Penn’s%^$Jared Corby, 6-0, 6-0, in the first round and Penn’s Rob Pringle, 4-6, 6-5 (7), 6-1, in the%^$second round.%^$
%^$Kirksey fell in the second round to Columbia’s Pavle Jefferson, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, after%^$defeating Penn’s Kevin Stenise, 6-1, 6-4, in the first round.%^$
%^$Johannson fell in his opening match to William Lee of Harvard, 6-5 (7), 6-4.%^$
%^$Scale and Johannson, the No. 4 seed, opened doubles play with an 8-3 defeat of Penn State’s%^$Damon Accardi and Matt Nielson before falling in the second round to Harvard’s%^$Chiou and Lee, 8-6.%^$
%^$”I think all three of them played well and learned more about their games,” David Schilling,%^$assistant coach for OSU, said. “Though they lost, they have nothing to hang their heads about.”%^$
%^$OSU will return to action Friday at Madison, Wis. in the ITA Region-IV Championships.%^$
%^$Penn Invitational
%^$Singles
%^$First Round
%^$Scale def. Jared Corby (Penn), 6-0, 6-0
%^$William Lee (Harvard) def. Johannson, 6-5 (7), 6-4
%^$Kikrsey def. George Turner (Harvard), 6-1, 6-4%^$
%^$Second Round
%^$Scale def. Rob Pringle (Penn), 4-6, 6-5 (7), 6-1
%^$Pavle Jefferson (Columbia) def. Kirksey, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2%^$
%^$Quarterfinals
%^$Oscar Chow (Columbia) def. Scale, 6-5 (2), 2-6, 6-3%^$
%^$Doubles
%^$First Round
%^$Scale/Johannson def. Accardi/Nielson (PSU), 8-3%^$
%^$Second Round
%^$Chiou/Lee (Harvard) def. Scale/Johannson, 8-6
