Altoona Defeats Behrend Women's Tennis

The Penn State Behrend women’s tennis team dropped an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) match on Friday, falling to Penn State Altoona, 8-1.

Team Stats

Penn State Behrend

Penn State Altoona

Score

Doubles

Brayley Lewis / Annie Ruggles def. Marissa Bowles / Jada Donatien 8-4
Victoria Acker / Sophia Girol def. Hadley Howell / Rachel Weber 8-2
Grace Butz / Katie Kruza def. Emma Martin / Kaitlyn John Klein 8-7 (8-6)

Singles

Brayley Lewis def. Marissa Bowles 7-6 (7-5) , 6-2
Victoria Acker def. Jada Donatien 4-6 , 6-3 , 10-6
Hadley Howell def. Annie Ruggles 5-7 , 6-3 , 10-4
Sophia Girol def. Rachel Weber 6-3 , 6-7 (2-7) , 12-10
Grace Butz def. Alyson Edwards 6-3 , 2-6 , 10-2
Katie Kruza def. Emily Hood 6-2 , 7-6 (8-6)

September 20, 2019

ALTOONA, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's tennis team dropped an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) match on Friday, falling to Penn State Altoona, 8-1.

Score: Penn State Altoona 8, Penn State Behrend 1

Records: Penn State Altoona (3-5, 2-3 AMCC), Penn State Behrend (1-4, 1-3 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Altoona Lions swept the doubles matches and won all but the No. 3 singles match
* Four singles matches went into a tiebreaker set
* Only one tiebreaker set went in Behrend's favor
* Hadley Howell (Harborcreek, PA/Harbor Creek) defeated Annie Ruggles 7-5, 3-6, 10-4 at No. 3 singles
* The remaining two singles matches went into an extra set, also resulting in the Altoona Lions favor

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action tomorrow at Mt. Aloysius. Match begins at 11 a.m.