Nazareth Men's Tennis Nips Behrend Lions
The Nazareth men’s tennis team edged Penn State Behrend 5-4 in non-conference action on Wednesday.
ROCHESTER, NY – The Nazareth men's tennis team edged Penn State Behrend 5-4 in non-conference action on Wednesday.
Score: Nazareth 5, Penn State Behrend 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (0-2), Nazareth (2-0)
Key Moments:
* Noah Britton posted a three-set victory over Cody Jaconski (DuBois, PA/DuBois) at No. 6 singles to help the Golden Eagles the one-point win
* Nazareth started out the match winning two of the three doubles, including a tiebreaker set at the No. 2 spot
* Ritvik Nadikude (Hyderabad, India/The Gaudium School) and Jonathon Laier (Lansing, MI/Holt) won the first match for the Lions at No. 1 doubles
* Nadikude and Laier were 8-5 winners over Nathan Allen and Pierre Ntonga
* Nadikude and Laier were singles winners at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, respectively
* Laier won the first set 6-4 before falling 6-0 and then winning 6-0 in the third for the singles victory
* Nadikude won in straight sets (6-2, 7-5) at No. 1
* Aidan Piazza (Fairview, PA/Fairview) won the last singles match for Behrend, collecting a 6-4, 6-1 decision at the No. 5 spot
Next Up:
* Behrend returns to action on Wednesday against St. Vincent. Match time is 4:30 p.m.