Reading, Pa. (Apr. 25, 2015) - Alvernia University (6-7, 3-3) swept all six singles matches in a 7-2 win over Lycoming College (1-15, 0-6) Saturday afternoon in Commonwealth Conference men's tennis action at Mifflin Courts.
The Warriors pushed in front 2-1 after taking the No. 2 and 3 doubles matches, but the Crusaders responded with straight set wins in all but one of the singles flights.
Before the match, the Crusaders celebrated the careers of seniors
Dan Minnich,
Aaron Yuros, and
Ben Daubenspeck.
Alvernia earned the #4 seed in the Commonwealth Championships and will travel to top-seeded Messiah College for a semifinal match on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
Alvernia 7, Lycoming 2Singles competition
1.
Dan Minnich (ALVMT) def. Bryce Jones (LYCOM) 7-5, 6-1
2.
Aaron Yuros (ALVMT) def. Joe Amento (LYCOM) 6-1, 6-1
3.
Ben Daubenspeck (ALVMT) def. Joe Rudderow (LYCOM) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
4.
Jacob Conapitski (ALVMT) def. Son Phan (LYCOM) 6-2, 6-0
5.
Kyle Clark (ALVMT) def. Zackary Collevechio (LYCOM) 6-1, 6-2
6.
Antonio Gaetani (ALVMT) def. Alhoun Lundy (LYCOM) 6-1, 7-5
Doubles competition
1.
Dan Minnich/
Aaron Yuros (ALVMT) def. Bryce Jones/Joe Rudderow (LYCOM) 8-2
2. Joe Amento/Son Phan (LYCOM) def.
Kyle Clark/
Ben Daubenspeck (ALVMT) 8-3
3. Zackary Collevechio/Zachary High (LYCOM) def.
Jacob Conapitski/
Antonio Gaetani (ALVMT) 9-7
Match Notes
Lycoming 1-15, 0-6 CC
Alvernia 6-7, 3-3 CC
Commonwealth Conference match.
T-2:30 A-25