Tennis: Men's

After two days of competition, freshman Matt Barry was the only Penn State player left in action at the Farnsworth/Princeton Invitational.
Barry was seeded sixth and took on Columbia’s ninth-seeded Ashok Narayana in the finals of the Cordish draw today. Barry fell in two close sets, 7-5, 6-4 to Narayana, who did not lose a set throughout the bracket.
Barry scraped his hand during the match, which left him bloody, but he said it did not affect his play.
Sophomore Ramy Labna started off the Princeton Invitational in the 14th spot with a loss to Brett Cromwell of Cornell on Friday. Labna was placed in the Pagoda consolation bracket and responded with two wins before ultimately falling to Binghamton’s Elliot Hureau in straight sets in the semifinals.
Junior Chris Young began his year with a first round win in straight sets against Fairleigh Dickinson’s Peter Skvarka in the Lenz draw, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mike Lampa of St. John’s in three sets. Young was placed in the second spot in the New Jersey draw, but was ousted in the round of 64 to Princeton’s top seed, Augie Bloom, in straight sets.
Senior C.J. Griffin went 0-2 with two first round exits in the Tiger and Tiger consolation brackets. Both losses came in straight sets.
Teams from Yale eliminated both of the Nittany Lion’s doubles pairs in the first round on Friday. Barry and Griffin were seeded fifth in doubles “A,” while Labna and Young were the eleventh seed in the doubles “B” group.
Look for the complete recap of the Princeton Invitational in tomorrow’s issue of The Daily Collegian.