Women's Tennis Wins Fifth Straight to Remain Undefeated; Lions Defeat Altoona, Mt. Aloysius

ALTOONA, Pa. –  The Penn State Behrend women's tennis team remains undefeated on the season with a pair of Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) matches on Sunday. The Lions defeated Altoona 4-3 and Mt. Aloysius, 6-0.

Match One:
Score: Penn State Behrend 4, Penn State Altoona 3
Records: Penn State Behrend (4-0, 3-0 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (0-3, 0-2 AMCC)

* The Lions won four singles matches out of six to edge the Altoona Lions
* Lexa Maloney and Triss Righi won 6-3 at No. 3 doubles, but it wasn't enough to earn the doubles point
* Tamanna Sharma and Maloney each won in a tiebreaker set in their respective singles matches
* Sharma posted a 4-6, 6-2 and 10-3 win at No. 1 while Maloney posted a 6-4, 4-6, 11-9 decision at the fifth spot
* Enisa Siljkovic managed a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 2 singles and Kerlin tallied a singles point with a 6-3, 6-0 decision at No. 4 singles

Match Two:
Score: Penn State Behrend 6, Mt. Aloysius 0
Records: Penn State Behrend (5-0, 4-0 AMCC), Mt. Aloysius (1-5, 0-2 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* In their second match of the day, the Lions won all but one match that went unfinished due to darkness
* Maloney and Righi earned a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles, while Sharma and Siljkovic posted a 6-3 win at No. 1 to collect the doubles point
* Lauren Burkley and Kerlin also won at No. 2 doubles (7-5) for the sweep in doubles action
* Kerlin, playing at No. 4 singles, only gave up two set points to win 6-1, 6-1
* Siljkovic and Burkley each won 7-5 in their first sets and also 6-3 in their second set at No. 2 and 3 singles, respectively
* Sharma won in the top spot (6-3, 6-1) and Maloney made it her second win of the match at No. 5 singles (6-3, 6-3)
* Righi had her match halted in the sixth spot

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action on Saturday at Penn College. Match begins at 1 p.m.