Men's Tennis | 4/13/2015 8:29:00 AM

Reading, Pa. (Apr. 11, 2014) - Alvernia University (4-6, 1-2) got off to a 2-1 start after the doubles flights and took its first Commonwealth Conference win with a 6-3 victory over Hood College (4-7, 1-2) Saturday afternoon in Men's Tennis action at Mifflin Courts.

Hood got on the board in doubles with a 9-8 (7-1) win at the No. 2 flight, but Alvernia scored 8-2 wins at No. 1 and 3.  Dan Minnich teammed with Aaron Yuros for the win at No. 1 doubles then Minnich took his second point of the game with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 1 singles.  Hood's Alex Sexton earned the Blazers first singles point with a win over Yuros at No. 2, and Joe Benton also won at No. 4.

The Crusaders continue the conference schedule Tuesday at Albright.

Alvernia 7, Hood 2

Singles competition
1. Dan Minnich (ALVMT) def. Vladislav Sluchenkov (HOOD) 6-1, 6-4
2. Alex Sexton (HOOD) def. Aaron Yuros (ALVMT) 6-3, 6-2
3. Ben Daubenspeck (ALVMT) def. Philip Roedig (HOOD) 6-3, 6-1
4. Joe Benton (HOOD) def. Jacob Conapitski (ALVMT) 6-2, 6-4
5. Kyle Clark (ALVMT) def. Raymond Rivera (HOOD) 6-1, 6-3
6. Antonio Gaetani (ALVMT) def. Natnail Tesfay (HOOD) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Dan Minnich/Aaron Yuros (ALVMT) def. Alex Sexton/Vladislav Sluchenkov (HOOD) 8-2
2. Joe Benton/Philip Roedig (HOOD) def. Ben Daubenspeck/Kyle Clark (ALVMT) 9-8 (7-1)
3. Jacob Conapitski/Antonio Gaetani (ALVMT) def. Raymond Rivera/Natnail Tesfay (HOOD) 8-2

Match Notes
Hood 4-7, 1-2 CC
Alvernia 4-6, 1-2 CC
Commonwealth Conference match.
T-2:30 A-25