ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - Another successful season came to an end for Penn State Harrisburg's men's tennis team in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with a 4-0 setback against No. 43 Stevens on the campus of North Carolina Wesleyan on Friday afternoon, May 8.


The Lions (11-8) dropped a pair of doubles contests to begin the match, with Cooper Wheeler and Damir Cuturic falling 6-2 in the No. 1 outing, while Ian Opitz and Arnav Gupta dropped a 6-1 decision to Elias Alkio and Dhaivik Chenemilla in the third contest. Ved Pawar and Colin Flack were ahead 5-3 against Ian Batra and Tristan Wroe in the second matchup before the contest was halted.


In singles play, Renat Kramin defeated Opitz 6-0, 6-0 in the No. 4 pairing, while Chenemilla went over Flack 6-0, 6-2 in the No. 5 match. Wroe secured the overall victory for Stevens (15-5) with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Michael Rivino in the No. 6 contest. Wheeler fought hard in the top solo outing and trailed 6-5 when it was stopped. Pawar scored points despite trailing 6-2, 1-1 in the No. 2 matchup, while Cuturic was beating Batra 6-4, 1-0 in the No. 3 pairing.


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