Men's Tennis at Pitt Greensburg

The 2006 Pitt-Greensburg Tennis Team suffered through some growing pains, as a youthful team took their lumps.  The team, comprised of mostly freshmen and sophomores finished just 1-10 on the season, but they did set some milestones in the process, and the groundwork appears to be laid for a successful team in the future.

The first milestone accomplished this year occurred in the AMCC Championships, where the Bobcats earned a point with a doubles victory by Andy Laddusaw (Perham, MN/Pinelands Regional) and Matt Blinky (Pittsburgh, PA/Woodland Hills) in the number two slot.  The point is the first every in the AMCC Championships for the Bobcat program.  For their efforts, Laddusaw (freshman) and Blinky (sophomore) were named to the AMCC Second-Team All-Conference Team.  They became the first players in school history to earn such recognition in men's tennis.

For the season, Laddusaw led the team with three singles victories, and also picked up a pair of doubles victories.  Blinky, collected two singles wins, and led the team with three doubles victories. 

The Bobcats had several other key players this year, led by sophomore Adam Dearborn (Aliquippa, PA/Moon).  Dearborn picked up two singles wins and one doubles victory.  Sophomore Robert Pulcini (Pittsburgh, PA/Woodland Hills) also notched two singles' wins for the Bobcats, while Patrick Smith (New Castle, PA/Neshannock) picked up one win in both singles and doubles.  Matthew Marsella (Yorktown, VA/Leavenworth) contributed two doubles' wins for UPG. 

Other team members this year included, juniors Sam Tharakan (King of Prussia, PA/Upper Merion) and Josh Thorpe (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin), and freshmen Michael LaFisca (Uniontown, PA/Connellsville), Nathan Romesburg (Delmont, PA/Connellsville) and Jon White (Scottdale, PA/Southmoreland).

HEAD COACH - MARCUS KAHN

Marcus Kahn begins his fourth season as Head Coach of the Pitt-Greensburg Men’s Tennis team in 2006.  Prior to coming to UPG, Kahn coached at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, WV, where he served as the top assistant for men’s basketball at the NCAA Division II school for one season.  Before coaching at Shepherd, Kahn spent time as an assistant at a pair of NCAA Division III schools, one season as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Albright College, in Reading, PA and the two seasons before that as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Wesley College in Dover, DE.  Kahn broke into coaching at Grand View College, a NAIA Division II school in Des Moines, IA, spending one season as assistant men’s basketball coach before moving on to Wesley.

Kahn was a member of the basketball and water polo teams while at the University of Redlands in Redlands, CA, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.  Kahn also holds a masters degree in education from Wesley College.

Kahn is also the Head Coach of the Men’s Basketball team and is a full-time employee within the Athletic Department at Pitt-Greensburg.

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