2/27/2011
Box Score
ERIE, Pa. – The men's tennis team kick-started their spring season of competition with a bang taking all nine matches from Penn State Behrend on Saturday afternoon at the indoor tennis facilities of the Westwood Racquet Club in Erie, Pa.
ERIE, Pa. – The men's tennis team kick-started their spring season of competition with a bang taking all nine matches from Penn State Behrend on Saturday afternoon at the indoor tennis facilities of the Westwood Racquet Club in Erie, Pa.
The non-conference win is significant given that the Lions are the defending conference champions for the last three years in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), and it also keeps the momentum started by the Gators (5-1) from their strong fall season as they went 4-1 earlier in the 2010-11 season.
Singles play was impressive for the men with four matches being won in straight sets and three of those without dropping a single game. Sophomore Max Sosa made his collegiate debut in a dual match format playing in flight six and knocked off Behrend's John Michalko in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1. Rookie Charlie Murphy also made his collegiate debut as a Gator and won his flight four singles match 6-0, 6-0 and paired with freshman Frank Mosconi took the flight three doubles match 8-4.
Doubles action saw the flight one pairing of rookie Patrick Cole and senior Jacob Allmaras battle back from a 3 games to none hole and come away with an 8-5 win over the no. one pairing of the Lions, Elliot Blackstone and Chris Galvin.
