Behrend Men's Tennis Team Finishes Second at AMCC Championships
The
Behrend Lions men's tennis team finished as runners-up at the
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) men's tennis
championships which were held at the Oxford Athletic Club in
Wexford, PA on Sunday, April 23. Penn State Altoona took the
title with ten team points and Behrend was just behind with 8
points. Frostburg State finished third with seven points while
Pitt-Greensburg managed just one team point.
Miles Boyea (St. Vincent,
WI/Upper Canada), a sophomore for the blue and white, won crowns at
both first singles and first doubles. Boyea defeated Frostburg
State's Andy Chisholdm, 6-4, 6-2 in the finals
of the # 1 singles draw and also paired with sophomore Todd
Guarnieri (New Castle/Neshannock) to edge Alex Chang and William
Stocker from Penn State Altoona in the # 1 doubles draw by a score
of 8-6.
Also earning an individual championship for the Behrend Lions at # 5
singles was sophomore Trevor Dougherty (Meadville/Meadville) who got
by Kevin Dolansky of Penn State Altoona, 6-1,
2-6, 6-4.
Penn State Behrend last won the men's tennis championship in 2004,
and the Behrend Lions have finished as the runners-up the past two
seasons. The AMCC Championships conclude the men's tennis
season.
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