October 3, 2025

Juniata Men’s Tennis Battles Hard in Road Loss to Allegheny

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Juniata	Allegheny
Score	0	7

Doubles

Olivier Erkens / Levente Mihaly def. Maksims Kazancevs / Maxime Poustis 7-5
Justin Hardie / David Rodriguez def. Arthur DeYoung / Lars Herms 6-2
Siddarth Ramineni / Ari Sutin def. No player / No player FINAL - FORFEIT

Singles

Adam Memije def. Maksims Kazancevs 2-6 , 7-5 , 1-0 (10-6)
Javier Bejarano def. Maxime Poustis 6-1 , 6-1
Zidaan Hassan def. Arthur DeYoung 7-5 , 6-4
Benedek Kaibas def. Gustaf Geremia 7-6 (9-7) , 6-0
Siddarth Ramineni def. Lars Herms 6-2 , 6-2
Ari Sutin def. No player FINAL - FORFEIT

Meadville, Pa. – Juniata men's tennis opened its fall season on the road Friday afternoon, falling 7-0 to Allegheny at the Robertson Tennis Center in a competitive nonconference matchup.

The Eagles pushed several matches deep despite the final score, highlighted by a strong showing from Maksims Kazancevs at No. 1 singles. Kazancevs came out strong with a 6-2 win in the first set before dropping a tight second set 7-5. In the decisive super tiebreaker, he was edged 10-6 in a closely contested finish.

Juniata also saw strong play at the No. 4 singles spot from Gustaf Geremia, who battled to a 7-6 (9-7), 6-0 defeat after pushing the first set to a tiebreak. Arthur DeYoung was competitive as well, taking several games in a 7-5, 6-4 loss at No. 3 singles.

In doubles action, Kazancevs and Maxime Poustis challenged Allegheny's top pair before falling 7-5 at the No. 1 position. DeYoung and Lars Herms competed at No. 2 doubles but came up short, 6-2.

With limited depth forcing two forfeits, Juniata dropped its season opener and moves to 1-1 overall. The Eagles will look to regroup as they continue their fall schedule in search of their first road victory.