Behrend Men's Tennis Named Regular-Season Champions

ALTOONA, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's tennis team is named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) regular-season champions, defeating Penn State Altoona 4-3 on Sunday afternoon. 

Score: Penn State Behrend 4, Penn State Altoona 3
Records: Penn State Behrend (15-4, 8-0 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (10-5, 6-2 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Lions completed the regular conference season undefeated at 8-0
* Behrend narrowly defeated Altoona earlier in the season
* The Lions have secured the No. 1 seed for the upcoming conference championships
* After falling 2-1 in doubles action, Behrend registered four singles wins to defeat Altoona
* Graham Louis and Owen Sinnott tallied a 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles but the Lion fell at No. 2 and 3 to give the Altoona Lions a 1-0 lead
* Four of the six singles matches went into tiebreaker sets, identical to their first contest
* Louis won 5-7, 6-3 and 10-7 at No. 1 singles, followed by Vitaliy Pikalo's 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-5 tiebreaker win at No. 3
* Paul Flick, competing at No. 5 singles, secured a 5-7, 6-3, 10-6 win
* Luke Vunora posted a 7-5, 6-2 decision at No. 6 singles for the final margin

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action tomorrow at Saturday in the AMCC Semifinals. Match begins at 3:30 p.m.