Reading, Pa. (Apr. 12, 2014) - Senior Sean Boyd (Churchville, Pa./Council Rock South) earned a tie-breaker win in the second set for the final point of the match as Alvernia University (8-7, 5-0) put together an impressive 5-4 win over Elizabethtown College (4-5, 2-1) Saturday afternoon in Commonwealth Conference men's tennis action at Governor Mifflin Courts snapping a 31-match conference win streak for the Jays.

Dennis Sult (Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh) and Daniel Minnich (Palmyra, Pa./Lower Dauphin) set the tone at the outset with an 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles.  Both players won their singles matches and Aaron Yuros (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) gave the Crusaders their fourth point with a straight-sets win at No. 3 singles.  Sult went down 6-2 in the first set of his match at No. 1 singles then down 2-0 in the second set before running off an impressive 12 straight game wins for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 win.

Etown got two points in the doubles matches with wins at No. 2 and 3, then took the No. 4 and 5 singles matches to level the day at 4-4 with one match left on the courts.

Boyd won his first set 6-0 then fell behind 5-3 in the second set before rallying to force a tie-breaker which he won convincingly, 7-2.

The Crusaders complete the conference schedule at Messiah on Thursday.

Alvernia 5, Elizabethtown 4

 Singles competition
1. Dennis Sult (ALVMT) def. Cole Turula (ETWN-M) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
2. Dan Minnich (ALVMT) def. Michael Cannon (ETWN-M) 6-1, 6-3
3. Aaron Yuros (ALVMT) def. Ryan Caris (ETWN-M) 6-3, 7-5
4. Alex Machalick (ETWN-M) def. Ben Daubenspeck (ALVMT) 6-4, 6-2
5. Matthew Hornbaker (ETWN-M) def. Jacob Conapitski (ALVMT) 6-4, 6-2
6. Sean Boyd (ALVMT) def. Evan Hinkley (ETWN-M) 6-0, 7-6 (7-2)

 Doubles competition
1. Dan Minnich/Dennis Sult (ALVMT) def. Ryan Caris/Cole Turula (ETWN-M) 8-0
2. Michael Cannon/Alex Machalick (ETWN-M) def. Jacob Conapitski/Aaron Yuros (ALVMT) 8-2
3. Ben Geiger/Matthew Hornbaker (ETWN-M) def. Sean Boyd/Ben Daubenspeck (ALVMT) 8-3

Match Notes:
Elizabethtown 4-5, 2-1
Alvernia 8-7, 5-0
Commonwealth Conference match.
Alvernia snaps Etown's 31-match conference win streak.
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