Congrats to Patrick Cole and the Women's Team for Taking Home Awards at the Allegheny Student Athlete Awards Banquet!!

Patrick Cole with Portia Hoeg, Director of Athletics and Recreation, holding the All-NCAC Scholar Athlete of the Year award

                        Women's team with their Gold Rush Cup

Good luck to all our seniors. Thanks for your four years of dedication!!

Allegheny Women Beat Wittenberg 5-0 at NCACs!

GRANVILLE, Ohio - The Allegheny College women's tennis team rebounded in the consolation match of the 2014 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament to defeat the Wittenberg Tigers, 5-0, on Saturday on the campus of Denison University.

The Gators swept doubles to take a critical, 3-0 lead out of the gate. Allegheny's top-flight duo of sophomores Andrea Brush and Sun Mo Koo picked up a decisive, 8-1 victory to kick the match off and get the Gators on the board first. The third doubles team of sophomore Mikaela Pope and freshman Haley Meekhof earned an 8-2 decision to push the Gators' lead to 2-0. Pope and Meekhof end the season with a 5-2 record over their final seven matches, including a 2-0 mark at the NCAC Tournament. The all-senior team of Laura Steele and Kathleen McBride capped the sweep with an 8-3 win at second-flight doubles.

With the sweep in hand, the Gators moved to singles in search of two wins to clinch the match. The Gators took the first set in all of the singles matches, as Pope would deliver the first singles point with a 6-2, 6-1 decision at third singles to give the Gators a 4-0 lead. Moments later, Koo would complete a 6-1, 6-0 win at first singles to seal the match for the Gators.

The win gives the Gators a fifth place finish in the NCAC, as Allegheny ends the season with a 12-8 record.

Allegheny Men Beat Oberlin 5-0 at NCACs!

GAMBIER, Ohio - The Allegheny College men's tennis team took down the Yeomen of Oberlin college for the second time in six days on Friday morning, picking up a 5-0 decision the first round of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) tournament on the campus of Kenyon College.

The Gators obtained early momentum with a sweep of doubles. The number two doubles team of junior Daniel Conroy and sophomore Thomas Manning started off the morning with an 8-3 victory. The top-flight duo of senior Patrick Cole and sophomore Tyler Triolo pushed the Gator lead to two with a 8-2 win. Finally, the No. 3 doubles team of juniors Sam Stephenson and Alexander Hurtuk completed the sweep with a close 8-6 victory.

With the win, Cole and Triolo break their own record in season doubles wins with 23. Cole and Triolo broke the record last season with 22. The pairing, ranked regionally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Central Region poll earlier in the season, currently own a 23-6 record as a pairing, including a 14-5 mark in dual matches to compliment a 9-1 record in tournament bouts.

With the 3-0 lead in hand, the Gators only needed two more points to seal the victory, and Manning was the first to get off the court with a 6-1, 6-2 win at third singles. The sophomore victory was his 10th consecutive singles win and 11th of the spring season. Needing one more win, Cole would finish off the Yeomen with his third consecutive victory, 6-1, 6-0, at top-flight singles.

With his singles win, Cole now owns the single season wins record for singles completition. Cole breaks the record with 25 wins that was previously held by Trey Wesbrook for the 1995 - 1996 campaign. With this record in hand, Cole now owns every record for the Allegheny College men's tennis program.

The Gators will next take the court in the semifinals of the NCAC tournament against the Lords of Kenyon College Saturday at 11:00 a.m. The match is scheduled to be played at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. The Gators will look to avenge a 7-2 loss at the hands of the Lords from earlier in the season.

Allegheny Men and Women Beat Penn St. Behrend 9-0!

Singles Sweep Highlights Senior Day Victory

MEADVILLE, Pa. - The Allegheny men's tennis team sent its four seniors off in style, defeating Oberlin 8-1 on Senior Day at the Robertson Athletic Complex.

The Gators celebrated the careers of seniors Patrick Cole, Charlie Murphy, Frank Mosconi, and Kevin Snyder prior to the match, and found themselves in a battle with the Yeomen throughout the day. The Gators went up 1-0 quickly during the doubles portion of the match as Cole and sophomore Tyler Triolo took control of their match early and won 8-1. The Yeomen would respond with a win of their own, this time at the number two doubles position, winning 8-3 over the team of junior Daniel Conroy and sophomore Thomas Manning. This meant that the 2-1 advantage would come down to the number three position, and the Gators tandem of juniors Sam Stephenson and Alexander Hurtuk pulled out the victory by winning in a tiebreaker 9-8 (7-3) over Oberlin's Charlie Marks and Jeremy Lichtmacher.

With the 2-1 lead in hand, the Gators looked to capitalize on their momentum during the singles matches. The Gators quickly expanded their lead with wins from Murphy at the fourth position 6-0, 6-4. Manning would follow suit with a 6-1, 7-5 win at number three position, and Cole, playing in the number one slot, would clinch the match for the Gators with a 6-2, 6-1 win.

With the match in hand, the Gators would look to complete the singles sweep of the Yeomen. At the sixth singles position, Conroy would take the first set 6-2 over Oberlin's Lichtmacher, before falling in the second 2-6. In the deciding third set super tiebreaker, Conroy would find himself down 5-0, but came back to win the match 11-9. At the number two position, Triolo took the first set 6-4, before dropping the second 4-6 against Callan Louis. In the third set super tiebreaker, Triolo would win 10-7 to expand the Gators lead to 7-1. Finally, at fifth singles, Hurtuk would find himself locked in another battle with Oberlin's Abraham Davis.

After dropping the first set 6-4, Hurtuk went down quickly in the second 5-2. He climbed back into the match and took the second set 7-5, before completing the dramatic comeback in a third set super tiebreaker, as he took control early and never looked back, winning 10-3 to complete the Allegheny singles sweep.

The Gators, who finish NCAC play with a 2-1 record in the East Division, move to 13-5 overall record, and now turn their attention to Monday's match with Penn State-Behrend. The final home match for the Gators will take place at the Robertson Athletic Complex, with first serve taking place at 5:00 p.m.

Congrats to Allegheny's 6 Seniors!

Congrats to our seniors Laura Steele, Kathleen McBride, Patrick Cole, Charlie Murphy, Frank Mosconi, and Kevin Snyder!!

Congrats to Pat Cole for Winning Male Athlete of the Week Honors at Allegheny!

NCAC Interviews Pat Cole

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Allegheny Men and Women Beat Wooster!

Allegheny Men Beat Franciscan 9-0

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Pat Cole Wins NCAC Player of the Week Honors for the 2nd Time in 3 Weeks!

NCAC Men's Tennis Release - Apr, 7, 2014

CLEVELAND, Ohio- Pat Cole enjoyed a record-breaking week for the Gators, who picked up wins over Wittenberg (9-0) and Ohio Wesleyan (8-1). He picked up a pair of wins in top-flight singles, with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 decision over Wittenberg and a 6-1, 6-1 win against the Battling Bishops to become the program's all-time leader in singles wins, eclipsing the previous record of 74 set in 2000 by David Howell. He also teamed with Tyler Triolo to pick up an 8-5 doubles win against Wittenberg for the 145th combined win of his career, also most in program history. This marks the second time in three weeks in which Cole earned the weekly conference honor, after also being recognized on March 24. Way to go Pat!

Decisive Win Highlighted by Singles Success

GAMBIER, Ohio – The Allegheny College women's tennis team used a sweep of singles to defeat the Wittenberg Tigers, 8-1, at Kenyon College on Saturday afternoon.

The Gators held a 2-1 lead after doubles, earning wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles with identical 8-0 scores. Senior Kathleen McBride and sophomore Sun Mo Koo took the second-flight doubles bout, while sophomore Mikaela Pope and first year Haley Meekhof won at No. 3 doubles. McBride and Koo improve to 4-0 on the year as a pairing, while Pope and Meekhof increase their record to 4-2. Allegheny's number one duo of senior Laura Steele and sophomore Andrea Brush could not complete the sweep, dropping a close match, 8-6.

In singles play, Pope would get the Gators off to a strong start, getting off of the court first with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at third flight singles while improving to 7-2 on the year. Pope would be followed by first year Michaela Thompson, who won at No. 5 singles with a 6-1, 6-0 decision.

Brush would follow suit, winning at second singles 6-1, 6-0. Brush added to her team leading ten singles wins on the year, and improves to 11-4. McBride would come next at sixth singles, taking her match 6-1, 6-1, clinching the match for the Gators, before Koo took down her opponent by the common score of 6-1, 6-0. Meekhof would finish the sweep of the singles and the match with a 6-1, 6-2 win at fourth singles.

The Gators, who improved to 8-5 with the win, will take on the Division II University of Findlay Oilers Sunday in Gambier. First serve will be at 9:30 am.

Singles Sweep Highlights Third Consecutive Victory

DELAWARE, Ohio - A sweep of the singles vaulted the Allegheny men's tennis team past Ohio Wesleyan, 8-1 on Saturday at Gordon Field House, earning the Gators their third consecutive in the process.

Allegheny led the match, 2-1, heading into the singles portion of the match thanks to the doubles wins from the No. 2 doubles squad of juniors Sam Stephenson and Alexander Hurtuk and the third flight pairing of junior Daniel Conroy and senior Frank Mosconi. Stephenson and Hurtuk took their match by a 8-4 score, while Conroy and Mosconi won 8-2.

With their win on Saturday, Hurtuk and Stephenson earn their 10th win of the season. Conroy and Mosconi improved their record to 7-3. The Gators could not secure the sweep of doubles, as the number one doubles team of senior Patrick Cole and sophomore Tyler Triolo dropped an 8-5 decision.

The Gators would pull away in singles, winning every match in straight sets. The sweep began with senior Charlie Murphy, who picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles. Cole would avenge his loss in doubles with a win at top-flight singles, taking the match, 6-1, 6-1 for his 19th win of the season. Hurtuk posted a 6-1, 6-3 No. 4 singles win to clinch the match for Allegheny.

Sophomore Thomas Manning, playing his first match at the number two singles position, was pushed to a tiebreaker in the first set, but won, 7-4, to take the set. Manning would run away with it in the second set, finishing with a convincing 6-2 score. Conroy would add a dominating 6-0, 6-0 win at the fifth singles position, before Mosconi, making his debut in the singles lineup this spring capped off the sweep and won at sixth singles 6-2, 6-0.

The Gators will take a couple of days off before returning to the courts on Tuesday when they take on the Lions of Penn State Behrend at the Robertson Tennis Complex at 4:00 p.m.

Cole Sets Program Marks in Allegheny Sweep

DAYTON, Ohio – Led by a record breaking performance by senior Patrick Cole, the Allegheny College men's tennis team avenged last season's loss, sweeping the Wittenberg Tigers 9-0 Friday night at the Five Seasons Racquet Club in Dayton, Ohio.

Allegheny, currently ranked No. 16 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Central Region Poll, continued its recent dominance in doubles, sweeping the Tigers in all three matches. The Gators were led by the third doubles team of juniors Sam Stephenson and Alexander Hurtuk as they won an 8-3 decision. The top-flight doubles team of Cole and sophomore Tyler Triolo, currently ranked No. 15 in the ITA Central Region Poll, took their match 8-5, as the sweep was completed by junior Daniel Conroy and sophomoreThomas Manning at No. 2 doubles, 8-4. Conroy and Manning improve their record this season to 9-1.

Cole, ranked No. 10 in the Central Region Rankings, broke two all-time Allegheny records on Friday, breaking both the all-time career singles wins and all-time combined wins. With the victory, Cole increases his all-time win total to 75 career victories, surpassing the previous career mark of 74 set by David Howell '00. In addition, Cole earned his 145th combined win, surpassing Howell's mark of 144.

The records, however, would not come easily for Cole as he found himself in an early deficit against Wittenberg's Stas Pomenchev. Cole was down 5-1 in the first set before finding his footing and winning four straight games to tie the set 5-5. The two number ones traded the next two games until they were in a tiebreaker.

The senior Cole took control early in the tiebreaker and won 7-2. The second set would go much smoother for Cole as he ran through the set and took the match with a 6-0 score, leaving him alone as Allegheny's all-time winningest player. Cole breaks the records previously held by David Howell and sets the new marks with 75 singles wins and 145 combined victories. Cole's career record improved to 75-19 in his career, with all but five of those matches coming as Allegheny's number one player.

The rest of the team did their part as well and continued to put together strong performances across the board. Conroy was off of court first taking number six singles 6-2, 6-1. Triolo then added at 7-5, 6-3 victory at second singles. Senior Charlie Murphy added a win at fourth singles, getting the win when his opponent retired. At the time of the retirement, Murphy was winning 6-1, 4-1. This improves Murphy's record on the year to 14-8 in singles. Hurtuk won his match at fifth singles with a 6-1, 6-3 score. Manning completed the sweep at third singles, but was pushed to three sets, finally took the match in a super-tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-1, 10-7.

Friday's win avenges a loss to the Tigers last season in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, the Tigers defeated the Gators with a razor-thin, 5-4 score. The loss dropped Allegheny to the bottom half of the bracket, where they would end with a fifth-place finish.

The match marks the fifth sweep of the season for the Gators, as they improve their record to 8-4 on the season. They will look to carry their momentum into another match against NCAC foe Ohio Wesleyan Saturday morning. First serve will be at 10:00 a.m. in Delaware, Ohio.