Top seed and defending champion Franciscan University defeated #4 Penn St. Altoona, 5-0, while #2 Pitt-Greensburg downed #3 Pitt-Bradford, 5-1, to advance to the finals of the AMCC tournament. The championship match will start at 11:30am at Westwood Racquet Club in Erie, PA.
Franciscan did not drop a set against the Lions, sweeping
all three doubles matches as well as #1 and #4 singles.
Pitt-Greensburg was a 6-3 winner over Pitt-Bradford in the regular
season, and the tournament match proved to be just as competitive,
with the Bobcats prevailing in all doubles and #1 and
#3 singles while the Panthers won #6 singles. The Barons
swept Pitt-Greensburg, 9-0, on April 5.
The tournament winner will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA
Division III tournament.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Semifinal #1: Franciscan d. Penn St. Altoona,
5-0
#1 Doubles: Paul Jarzynka/Zack Quiza (FRN) d. Adam
Hack/Patrick Albright (PSA), 8-1
#2 Doubles: David Freytag/Luke Merry (FRN) d. Chris
Reighard/Jorge Requena (PSA), 8-2
#3 Doubles: Rob Butcher/Joe Staniszewski (FRN) d. Joe
Settimio/Alex Albright (PSA), 8-1
#1 Singles: Paul Jarzynka (FRN) d. Chris Reighard (PSA),
6-0, 6-0
#2 Singles: Zack Quiza (FRN) vs. Adam Hack (PSA),
unfinished
#3 Singles: David Freytag (FRN) vs. Patrick Albright (PSA),
unfinished
#4 Singles: Luke Merry (FRN) d. Alex Albright (PSA), 6-0,
6-1
#5 Singles: Rob Butcher (FRN) vs. Joe Settimio (PSA),
unfinished
#6 Singles: Joe Staniszewski (FRN) vs. Ben Settimio (PSA),
unfinished
Semifinal #2: Pitt-Greensburg d.
Pitt-Bradford, 5-1
#1 Doubles: David Cenkner/Tomas Monti (UPG) d. Allan
Miller/Kosta Teveroskiy (UPB), 8-2
#2 Doubles: Jeremy Niemiec/Anthony Backowski (UPG) d. Travis
Scida/Ian Vaughan (UPB), 8-6
#3 Doubles: Tyler Fox/Matt Kimmel (UPG) d. Dylan Nuzzo/Jordan
Dugan (UPB), 9-7
#1 Singles: David Cenkner (UPG) d. Kosta Teveroskiy (UPB),
6-3, 6-1
#2 Singles: Tomas Monti (UPG) vs. Travis Scida (UPB),
unfinished
#3 Singles: Jeremy Niemiec (UPG) d. Allan Miller (UPB), 6-3,
6-3
#4 Singles: Anthony Backowski (UPG) vs. Ian Vaughan (UPB),
unfinished
#5 Singles: Tyler Fox (UPG) vs. Jordan Dugan (UPB),
unfinished
#6 Singles: Dylan Nuzzo (UPB) d. Matt Kimmel (UPG), 6-1,
6-4