UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Duquesne men's tennis team opened its spring season with a 6-1 loss on the road at Penn State. Junior Kaipo Marshall was the lone Duke to grab a win in the match.

In doubles, junior Tamirlan Teberikov and graduate student David Georgadze put up a good fight against Malik Bhatnagar and Charl Morgan of Penn State, but ultimately fell, 6-4. Marshall and senior Jin Dassanayake dropped their doubles match 6-1, and Keita Duclos and Liam Wickwire fell by the score of 6-0.

Marshall's matchup as the No. 1 in singles was tight, but he was able to come out on top to grab his first victory of the season. He dropped the first set, but won the next two in dominant fashion. 

Georgadze also went to three sets in the No. 2-matchup, but he unfortunately ended up on the wrong side of things. Teberikov lost 2-6, 1-6, and Dassanayake fell to Sam Bossem of Penn State, 0-6, 1-6.

To wrap up singles, the newcomer Keita Duclos lost 0-6, 1-6 in his first match in the blue and red, and junior Bode Vance lost in his only action of the day, 4-6, 2-6.

The men's team is back in action next Friday and Saturday against Youngstown State and St. Francis - Brooklyn.

SINGLES
1. Kaipo Marshall (DUQ) def. Loren Byers (PSU) 6-7, 6-0, 6-2
2. Charl Morgan (PSU) def. David Georgadze (DUQ) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Miko Eala (PSU) def. Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ) 6-2, 6-1
4. Sam Bossem (PSU) def. Jin Dassanayake (DUQ) 6-0, 6-1
5. Ismail Saadi (PSU) def. Keita Duclos (DUQ) 6-0, 6-1
6. Pranav Nemani (PSU) def. Bode Vance (DUQ) 6-4, 6-2

DOUBLES
1. Malik Bhatnagar/Charl Morgan (PSU) def. Tamirlan Teberikov/David Georgadze (DUQ) 6-4
2. Sam Bossem/Loren Byers (PSU) def. Kaipo Marshall/Jin Dassanayake (DUQ) 6-1
3. Stefan Simeunovic/Miko Eala (PSU) def. Keita Duclos/Liam Wickwire (DUQ) 6-0