Dan Ansel's win at fifth singles was the deciding point of the match.

May 2, 2017

Men’s Tennis Holds Off Drew in Landmark Semis; Advances to Championship

ALTOONA, Pa.- The Juniata men’s tennis team did not let a change of venue affect their play in the Landmark semifinals against Drew. The Eagles led 2-1 after doubles and went on to take three of five singles matches on their way to a 5-3 win on Tuesday afternoon at the Summit Tennis and Athletic Club.

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Drew	Juniata Eagles
Score	3	5

Doubles

Roy Liberman / Dean Polisena def. Vineet Vemulapally / Geoffrey Diehl 8-5
Salikh Gilmutdinov / Will Morrison def. Matyas Kohout / Owen Grafe 8-6
Jason Gerber / Dan Ansel def. Kevin Shulca / Bryce Weizer 8-4

Singles

Salikh Gilmutdinov def. Dean Polisena 6-1 , 6-2
Vineet Vemulapally def. Roy Liberman 6-4 , 6-7 (2-7) , 6-2
Matyas Kohout def. Will Morrison 6-0 , 2-6 , 6-1
Daichi McAuliffe-Uch def. Geoffrey Diehl 6-3 , 6-4
Dan Ansel def. Bryce Weizer 6-2 , 6-2
Owen Grafe def. Kevin Shulca FINAL - UNFINISHED

ALTOONA, Pa.- The Juniata men's tennis team did not let a change of venue affect their play in the Landmark semifinals against Drew. The Eagles led 2-1 after doubles and went on to take three of five singles matches on their way to a 5-3 win on Tuesday afternoon at the Summit Tennis and Athletic Club.

The Eagles advance to the Landmark Championship for the fourth straight season. Juniata will play Goucher for the third year in a row. The Gophers defeated Scranton in the other semifinal 5-2.

The pair of Dean Polisena (Adelaide, Australia/Saint Ignatius) and Roy Liberman (Montevideo, Uruguay/EIHU) won at first doubles by the score of 8-5 over Vineet Vemulapally and Geoffrey Diehl. Jason Gerber (Commack, NY/Commack) and Dan Ansel (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) were 8-4 winners at third doubles against the duo of Kevin Shulca and Bryce Weizer.

Polisena and Liberman both fell in their respective singles matches. Liberman went to three sets with Vemulapally but lost by the score of 4-6, 7-6, 2-6.

Matyas Kohout (Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnasium Jizni Mesto) took Will Morrison to three sets and Kohout came away with a 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 win at third flight. Daichi McAuliffe-Uchida (Wantage, NY/High Point Regional) kept his winning streak going as he took down Diehl 6-3, 6-4 at fourth singles. The deciding match came in fifth flight as Ansel was a 6-2, 6-2 victor over Weizer.

The championship match will take this place this Saturday at the Raffensberger-Brumbaugh Tennis Courts. Start time is 1:00 p.m.