Men's Tennis Falls to Houghton

The Houghton men’s tennis team tallied an 8-1 victory over Penn State Behrend in non-conference action on Tuesday night.

Team Stats

Penn State Behrend

Houghton College

Score

Doubles

Chase Rangel / Jordan Crouch def. Mike Russell / Brent McFarland 8-6
Jordan Scott / Bjorn Webb def. Jeremy Burnheimer / Nick Kapty 8-1
Zach Shilvock / Connor Barnes def. Michael Funera / Craig Miranda 8-1

Singles

Chase Rangel def. Mike Russell 6-1 , 4-6 (10-7) , 10-7
Brent McFarland def. Jordan Crouch 6-7 (4-7) , 7-6 (8-6) , 10-6 (10-4)
Zach Shilvock def. Michael Funera 6-1 , 6-3
Jordan Scott def. Jeremy Burnheimer 6-0 , 6-0
Bjorn Webb def. Brett Palmer 6-4 , 6-0
Ethan Baker def. Eric Cho 6-1 , 6-3

April 5, 2016

HOUGHTON, NY – The Houghton men's tennis team tallied an 8-1 victory over Penn State Behrend in non-conference action on Tuesday night.

The Highlanders won the three doubles matches and five of the six singles for the win. Brent McFarland (Austinburg, OH/Geneva) tallied the lone singles decision for the Lions (9-8) at the No. 2 spot.

McFarland, playing at No. 2 singles for just the second time this season, tallied his second win with a tiebreaker set against Jordan Crouch (6-7, 7-6, 10-4).

Mike Russell (Pittsburgh, PA/Upper St. Clair) was on the losing end of a tiebreaker set at No. 1 singles. The freshman lost 6-1, 4-6, 10-5. Russell and McFarland also dropped a close No. 1 double match, falling 8-6.

Behrend returns to action on Saturday against Penn State Altoona. Match begins at 1 p.m.