Behrend Men's Tennis Defeats Penn State Altoona

ALTOONA, Pa. – The streak continues for the Penn State Behrend men's tennis team, recording their fourth straight win with an 8-1 victory over Penn State Altoona in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) contest on Sunday.

Score: Penn State Behrend 8, Penn State Altoona 1
Records: Penn State Behrend (6-4, 3-0 AMCC), Penn State Altoona (1-1, 0-1 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Behrend Lions improved to 3-0 in conference play
* The Lions only surrendered the No. 6 singles bout to post an 8-1 victory
* Ritvik Nadikude (Hyderabad, India/The Gaudium School) and Jonathon Laier (Lansing, MI/Holt)  were the first doubles winners with an 8-1 score
* Mitchell May (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) and Cody Jaconski (DuBois, PA/DuBois) tallied the second doubles win with an 8-3 victory at No. 2 doubles
* Mason Harbaugh (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield) and Evan Dean (New Castle, PA/Neshannock) put the Lions ahead 3-0 after doubles action with an 8-3 win
* Nadikude made it five in a row at No. 1 singles with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles
* Laier battled Casey Hess at No. 2 singles, falling behind in the first set and then won the next two sets 6-1, 11-9
* Behrend the next three singles matches to defeat Altoona

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action tomorrow on Wednesday at Houghton. Match time is 4:30 p.m.