WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Sophomore Domanick Young (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) and first-year Connor Cornelius (Linden, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) won their opening matches at the King's Invitational to move into the semifinals to highlight the Lycoming College men's tennis team's Saturday, Sept. 16, at the King's Invitational at Kirby Park.
 
Young, playing at No. 5 singles, defeated Misericordia's Noah Ceklosky, 6-2, 6-3, in the opening round of his tournament, helping him to move on to face Manhattanville's Guzman in the semifinals on Sunday, Sept. 16, with play beginning at 8:30 at Kirby Park.
 
Cornelius downed Misericordia's Derek Burcik in the opening round and will move on to face Lucas Kotchco of Scranton in the semifinals.
 
Senior Luke Leach (Middlebury Center, Pa./Wellsboro Area) also downed Mikey Dylina, 6-1, 6-0 in his opening round match, but he fell in the quarterfinals.
 
Complete Lycoming Day 1 Results at King's Invitational
No. 1 Singles
16: Luke Leach def. Mikey Dylina (Mis.), 6-1, 6-0
QF: Maxwell Dombrowski (Scr.) def. Leach, 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 Singles
QF: Ronald Duval (FDU) def. Josh Neidert, 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 Singles
QF: Patrick Pech (King's) def. Connor Albaugh, 5-7, 6-4, 10-7
No. 4 Singles
16: Brandon Schwartz (FDU) def. Mohamed Ebeid, 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 Singles
QF: Domanick Young def. Noah Ceklosky (Mis.), 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 Singles
QF: Isaac Reichenbach (Etown) def. Matthew Baldridge, 6-4, 6-4
No. 7 Singles
QF: Connor Cornelius def. Derek Burcik (Mis.), 6-3, 6-1
 
No. 1 Doubles
QF: John Toussaint/Logan Gregory (King's) def. Leach/Albaugh, 8-3
No. 2 Doubles
QF: Steven Prosperino/Nathan Harrison (Scr.) def. Ebeid/Baldridge, 8-4
No. 3 Doubles
QF: Owen Miller/Daniel Murphy (Sus.) def. Neidert/Young, 8-1