From IUP Athletics:
TENNIS
Another All-IUP final: Hawks to host PSAC title matches Tuesday
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The tournament success continued for the IUP women’s tennis team as Crimson Hawk players advanced to both the singles and doubles finals of the 2021 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Individual Championships at Bloomsburg University.
With two all-IUP finals, the last day of the tournament will be played at the Crimson Hawks’ Maple Street Courts. Due to forecasted weather on Monday, the finals are currently scheduled for Tuesday.
IUP players went a combined 6-1 on Sunday, with Karolin Kirchtag and Natasha Munday each going 3-0. The No. 1 singles seed, Kirchtag advanced with a pair of Sunday wins, defeating fifth-seeded Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez of Slippery Rock 4-6, 6-1, 10-8, and sixth-seeded Kayla Dean of Mercyhurst 7-6 (5), 3-6, 11-9. Munday entered the weekend as the fourth seed and defeated a pair of Slippery Rock players – seventh-seeded Gabriela Del Val Toro 6-3, 6-3 and second-seeded Lois Page 6-1, 6-1.
In the doubles bracket, Kirchtag and partner Katy Graydon defeated Sanchez and Page by a score of 8-3 while Munday and Joanna Stralka took down Noelle Htwar and Julie Wallace of Millersville by a score of 8-4. The two IUP teams represent the top two seeds in the bracket.
Kirchtag is looking for her second straight singles title while her and Graydon will go for another doubles title after winning both at the ITA Atlantic Region Championships last weekend.
GOLF
Crimson Hawks bounce back, lead after first round at Grove City CC
GROVE CITY, Pa. – The IUP men’s golf team put together their most impressive first round performance of the fall as the Crimson Hawks lead after the first round of Clarion’s annual Hal Hansen Invitational at Grove City Country Club.
The Hawks shot a 4-over 292 as a team to lead Mercyhurst by one stroke after the first 18 holes. The 292 is the second best round by the team in four events this fall, trailing only the 288 shot during the second round of the Mercyhurst Invitational two weeks ago.
Gannon is third with a 298 while St. Thomas Aquinas shot a 299 and West Chester a 300.
Three Crimson Hawks are in the top-10 after 18 holes, with Shaun Fedor tied for second overall with a 2-under 70. Richie Kline and Nicholas Ward are each tied for ninth overall with a 1-over 73. Jack Buccigross and Isaiah Swan are tied for 18th at 4-over 76 and Colin Walsh, playing as an individual, is tied for 41st with an 8-over 80.
The tournament leader is Donte Groppuso of St. Thomas Aquinas with a 3-under 69.
The tournament wraps up with the second round on Monday.
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