Youngstown State University
Cleveland State Invitational
11/1/2026 5:06:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Cleveland, Ohio – The Youngstown State men's tennis team had singles and doubles finals participants at the three-day Viking Invitational which concluded on Sunday at the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.
Dovas Dersonas reached the singles final, dropping a tough three-set decision to Holy Cross' Ching Wah Wai. Dersonas dropped a 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 contest on Sunday.
Dersonas and Phopthum Sriwong reached the doubles final, falling 6-2 to Rohit Jain and Santiago Salazar Garza.
In the semifinals, Oscar Gippet dropped a 6-3, 6-2 decision to Wah Wai. Dersonas advanced through the semis by default.
Gippet and Dersonas won three singles matches to highlight YSU's performance in the singles bracket. Dersonas and Sriwong won three doubles contests before losing the final.
The Penguins are next in action in January when the dual season gets underway.
Connor Thornton (CSU) def. Haita (YSU) – won by default
Max Henson (CSU) def. Vernejoul (YSU) – won by default
Gippet (YSU) def. Alejandro Ochoa (DUQ) - 6-3, 7-5
Gippet (YSU) def. Niko Jacobson (CSU) - 6-4, 7-5
Gippet (YSU) def. Max Henson (CSU) - 7-6 (11-9), 6-2
Dorian Stiblik (HC) def. Woiten (YSU) – won by default
Mishiro (YSU) def. Zidaan Hasaan (DUQ) – 6-1, 7-5
Kristian Blagoev (MQ) def. Mishiro (YSU) - 6-4, 6-4
Dersonas (YSU) def. Tancredi Alfano (DUQ) – 6-0, 6-3
Dersonas (YSU) def. Emil Dapcevic (CSU) – 6-4, 6-2
Dersonas (YSU) def. Nikola Radisic (Marq) – 6-0, 6-3
Sriwong (YSU) def. Yangho Park (HC) – 6-2, 6-2
Sasha Nikolov (CSU) def. Sriwong (YSU) - 7-6(7-3), 5-7, 10-8
Ching Wah Wai (HC) def. Gippet (YSU) – 6-3, 6-2
Dersonas (YSU) def. Clay Anderson (Marq) – won by default
Ching Wah Wai (HC) def. Dersonas (YSU) – 6-4, 3-6, 10-6
* Chad Anderson (MQ) def. Woiten (YSU) – 6-3, 6-4
*Austin Lai (DUQ) def. Haita (YSU) – won by default
* Luke Saylor (UA) def. Vernejoul (YSU) – won by default
* Kondra Kwiatkoski (UA) def. Mishiro (YSU) - 3-6, 5-3 retired
* Matthew Jezyk (HC) def. Haita (YSU) – won by default
* Alejandro Ochoa (DUQ) def. Vernejoul (YSU) – won by default
*Tancredi Alfano (DUQ) def. Mishiro (YSU) – won by default
Ochoa/Papdopoulus (DUQ) def. Haita/Gippet (YSU) – default
Dersonas/Sriwong (YSU) def. Polishchuck/Mengher (Mercy) – 6-3
Dersons/Sriwong (YSU) def. Henson/Jacobson (CSU) – 6-0
Dersonas/Sriwong (YSU) def. Jezyk/Stibili (HC) – 6-2
Anderson/Solheim (MQ) def. Woiten/Mishiro (YSU) – 6-1
Salazar/Jain (UA) def. Le Fur/Stueckrath (YSU) – 6-1
Salazar/Jain (UA) def. Dersonas/Sriwong (YSU) - 6-2
*Le Fur/Stueckrath (YSU) def. Tuna/Lai (DUQ) – 6-2
