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.Â
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 2Singles 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.
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