Men's Tennis

Behrend Men's Tennis Advances to AMCC Championship Match

Penn State Altoona

Penn State Behrend

Doubles

Jonathon Laier / Akash Sangha (BEH)
def. Casey Hess / Andrew Chronister (ALTM)

8-5

Owen Sinnott / Aidan Piazza (BEH)
def. Nick Beard / Kadyn Carey (ALTM)

8-3

William Thomas / Luke Vunora (BEH)
def. Emmett Hibbs / Wilhelm Grot (ALTM)

8-7 (7-5)

Singles

Jonathon Laier (BEH)
def. Casey Hess (ALTM)

6-2, 6-1

Andrew Chronister (ALTM)
def. Akash Sangha (BEH)

6-3, 6-4

Nick Beard (ALTM)
def. Owen Sinnott (BEH)

7-5, 6-3

Kadyn Carey (ALTM)
def. Aidan Piazza (BEH)

6-3, 4-6, 10-1

Emmett Hibbs (ALTM)
def. William Thomas (BEH)

6-1, 2-6, 10-5

Luke Vunora (BEH)
def. Jackson Newell (ALTM)

7-5, 6-4

full stats

Posted: Apr 20, 2024

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's tennis team advances to the 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championship match with a 5-0 win over Mt. Aloysius in the semifinals on Saturday at Westwood Racquet Club.

Score: Penn State Behrend 5, Mt. Aloysius 0
Records: Penn State Behrend (10-6), Mt. Aloysius (2-16)

Key Moments:

* The Lions played the Mounties to decision
* Behrend swept the doubles matches, only giving up two set points at No. 1 doubles
* The Lions only needed to win two singles matches to advance
* Akash Sangha (Milton, Ontario/White Oaks) swept Zach Johnson win at No. 2, posting a 6-0, 6-0 decision for the victory
* William Thomas (Greensburg, PA/Greensburg Salem) got the win at No. 5 singles (6-0, 6-0) to finish the match
* At the time of the win, Behrend was leading in the remaining four singles matches

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action on Sunday against the winner of Penn State Altoona/Pitt-Greensburg in the AMCC Championship match, beginning at 1 p.m.