Franciscan Defeats Men's Tennis

The Penn State Behrend men’s tennis team dropped its second Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) match, falling 9-0 to Franciscan on Friday night at Westwood Racquet Club.

Team Stats

Franciscan University

Penn State Behrend

Score

Doubles

Gary Pierre / Billy Presume (FRNM)
def. Noah Colvin / Michael Duckett (BEHM)

8-5

Luke Conrad / Jack Galla (FRNM)
def. Mitchell May / Brent McFarland (BEHM)

8-7 (7-5)

Walter Matt / Aidan Howard (FRNM)
def. Sebastian Alba / Lonny Diaz (BEHM)

8-6

Singles

Gary Pierre (FRNM)
def. Brent McFarland (BEHM)

6-3 , 6-2

Luke Conrad (FRNM)
def. Noah Colvin (BEHM)

6-1 , 6-4

Billy Presume (FRNM)
def. Mitchell May (BEHM)

6-3 , 6-4

Jack Galla (FRNM)
def. Belden Tuttle (BEHM)

6-1 , 6-3

Walter Matt (FRNM)
def. Yiwen Liu (BEHM)

6-3 , 6-4

Aidan Howard (FRNM)
def. Lonny Diaz (BEHM)

6-4 , 6-2

April 5, 2019

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's tennis team dropped its second Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) match, falling 9-0 to Franciscan on Friday night at Westwood Racquet Club.

Score: Franciscan 9, Penn State Behrend 0

Records: Franciscan (6-9, 4-0 AMCC) Behrend (5-12, 3-2 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The three doubles matches were decided by six points in favor of the Barons

* Mitchell May (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) and Brent McFarland (Austinburg, OH/Geneva) went into extra games to determine a winner

* May and McFarland fell 8-7 (7-5) at the No. 2 spot

* Sebastian Alba (Cochabamba, Bolivia/Cochabamba Cooperative School) and Lonny Diaz (Panama City, Panama/Colegio) were close to winning at No. 3 doubles, getting edged 8-6 by Walter Matt and Aidan Howard

* Michael Duckett (Girard, PA/Fairview) and Noah Colvin (Warren, PA/Warren) posted their second straight 8-5 loss at No. 1 doubles

* Franciscan was able to win all six singles matches to remain undefeated in conference play

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action tomorrow at home against Pitt-Greensburg. Match begins at 1 p.m.