State College, Pa. ¨C October 1, 2005 ¨C The Penn State Nittany Lion men¡¯s tennis team posted an impressive 6-1 win over Yale today in the quarterfinals of the 2005 ECAC Championships, played at the USTA¡¯s National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Penn State was paced by senior Malcolm Scatliffe (San Bernardino, Calif.), who got a win at No. 2 singles and helped Penn State clinch the doubles point with a win at No. 3 doubles.

Scatliffe downed Yale¡¯s Milosz Gudzowski 6-3, 4-6, 10-8, to grab a win at No. 2, but it was his 8-3 win at No. 3 singles, along with Michael James (Clifton, Va.) that secured the match¡¯s first point and get Penn State off to a good start.

¡°Getting off to a good start with the point in doubles play was crucial for us,¡± said head coach Jan Bortner. ¡°That point, combined with impressive early singles wins at No. 5 and 6 really got us rolling and allowed us to get a win over a very good Yale team.¡±

Penn State¡¯s only loss was suffered by No. 1 singles player Mark Barry (St. Charles, Ill.), who was dealt a 6-4, 6-4 defeat by Yale¡¯s Brandon Wai. Penn State is now 2-0 on the year and will face No. 4 seed Penn in the ECAC semifinals tomorrow at 9 a.m. Penn downed No. 5 Columbia 4-3 today. Should Penn State win tomorrow, it would make its third straight appearance in the ECAC Championships on Monday.

Final Score: Penn State 6, Yale 1

Doubles:
1: Rowan Reynolds/Rory Green (Y) def. Barry/Slagter, 8-4
2: Bradley Hunter/Ryan Berger (P) def. Brandon Wai/Josh Lederman, 8-5
3: Malcolm Scatliffe/Michael James (P) def. Milosz Gudzowski/Mike Caldwell, 8-3

Singles:
1: Wai (Y) def. Barry, 6-4, 6-4
2: Scatliffe (P) def. Gudzowski, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8
3: Berger (P) def. Caldwell, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
4: Slagter (P) def. Connor Dawson, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
5: Hunter (P) def. Reynolds, 6-3, 6-1
6: James (P) def. Lederman, 6-4, 6-3