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Men's Tennis
Updated November 3, 2009 4:25 AM
Jason Lee considers his run in the Big Ten Indoor Championships an improvement, but he won't settle for a semifinal berth once the spring rolls around.
Updated November 2, 2009 4:30 AM
The duo of Jason Lee and Eddie Bourchier registered yet another impressive showing Friday, helping the Penn State men's tennis team to one of its two doubles titles.
Updated October 29, 2009 4:00 AM
In the week leading up to the Penn State men's tennis team's final tune-up of the calendar year, Todd Doebler's squad is finally experiencing the continuity it has been starving for.
Updated October 28, 2009 4:17 AM
Last summer, Eddie Bourchier competed in tournaments and trained under a balanced regiment with one goal in mind---to kick off the second half of his Penn State career with a bang.
In the week leading up to the Penn State men's tennis team's final tune-up of the calendar year, Todd Doebler's squad is finally experiencing the continuity it has been starving for.
Updated October 26, 2009 4:00 AM
When Taylor Cohen and Eddie Bourchier knocked off their respective Virginia opponents Friday in the round of 64 of the ITA Regional Championships, the Penn State men's tennis team was sitting pretty.
Updated October 23, 2009 4:00 AM
Two weeks ago, Todd Doebler said conditioning would be the key for the Penn State men's tennis team once the second-half of October came along.
Updated October 16, 2009 4:00 AM
Freshman Warren Hardie earned the accolade of 2009 Orange County Player of the Year Award last year at the culmination of a 40-3 senior season at Dana Hills High School.
Updated October 15, 2009 4:48 AM
Todd Doebler said he sensed something special as he gave Ryan Gormley a car ride back to Chicago O'Hare International Airport after the recruit's visit to Notre Dame in 2006.
Updated October 9, 2009 4:00 AM
Junior Eddie Bourchier normally would have let a volley that trickled onto an adjacent court go untouched.
Updated October 2, 2009 4:04 AM
Almost two weeks into its month-long hiatus from match competition, the Penn State men's tennis team is anything but idle.
Updated September 21, 2009 4:46 AM
Penn State coach Todd Doebler can only hope the hardware keeps coming.
Updated September 18, 2009 4:46 AM
Todd Doebler's Penn State men's tennis team was accustomed to success.
Updated September 11, 2009 4:43 AM
Coming from Death Valley to Happy Valley, Taylor Cohen is geared up to compete for his home state again.
Updated September 1, 2009 4:48 AM
In May, senior Brendan Lynch thought he saw his Penn State tennis career come to an end upon his graduation from the Smeal College of Business.
Updated July 10, 2009 4:52 AM
When Brendan Lynch finished his final match as a Nittany Lion, the senior had a desire to stay close to the game of tennis.
Updated May 7, 2009 10:45 PM
Penn State men's tennis assistant coach Dan Holman is leaving the team after his fourth season in Happy Valley. Updated 10:45 PM
Updated April 29, 2009 4:00 AM
When the Penn State men's tennis team failed to convert on two match points and lost its opening match of the season to North Carolina State, it foreshadowed what was in store for the remainder of the spring.
Updated April 28, 2009 4:00 AM
For the first time under the reigns of Todd Doebler, the Penn State men's tennis team may be left out of this year's NCAA Tournament.
Updated April 27, 2009 4:00 AM
Todd Doebler said his team's only chance of upsetting second-seeded Illinois in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament Friday at Ann Arbor, Mich., was to earn the doubles point.
Updated April 24, 2009 4:00 AM
The seventh-seeded Penn State men's tennis team came into Thursday's Big Ten Tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich., knowing it needed to upset second-seeded Illinois to have a shot at advancing to its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament.
Updated April 23, 2009 4:00 AM
Last year, a first-round bye and a loss in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament was enough for the Penn State men's tennis team to garner a bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Updated April 21, 2009 4:51 AM
When Adam Slagter and Brendan Lynch stepped off the bright green courts of the Sarni Tennis Center on Sunday, it marked the end of an era for the Penn State men's tennis program.
Updated April 20, 2009 4:00 AM
Eddie Bourchier threw his racquet hard against the court Sunday at the Sarni Tennis Center.
The sophomore had just dropped his No. 4 singles match against Northwestern's Joshua Graves in straight sets.
Penn State coach Todd Doebler said Brendan Lynch's match against Wisconsin's Moritz Baumann summed up the senior co-captain's four-year tenure as a Nittany Lion.
Updated April 16, 2009 4:50 AM
Brendan Lynch scrambled for a ball on the baseline leading to a weak return and setting up Bloomsburg's Fernando Perez for an easy winner. Right before Perez's return from the previous shot bounced a second time, Lynch ripped a shot down the line to win the point.
Jamie Cox's powerful serve forced Bloomsburg's return to float high in the air, and his partner Benji Kendall slammed the ball into the ceiling of the Penn State Indoor Tennis Center.
Updated April 15, 2009 4:50 AM
Closing out matches has been a struggle for Penn State men's tennis team. The team is currently in the middle of a tough stretch of matches where it has dropped five of its last seven.
Updated April 14, 2009 4:00 AM
With Brendan Lynch and Jason Lee still playing, the Penn State men's tennis team (10-11, 3-5 Big Ten) needed just one more win to clinch the victory against Indiana Sunday.
Updated April 13, 2009 4:00 AM
When Adam Slagter won the tiebreaker in his third set against Indiana's Santiago Gruter, the senior co-captain put the Penn State men's tennis team up 3-2 and in a good position to win the match.
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