Boyea Named AMCC Player of the Year, Six Players All-Conference
Behrend
men's tennis star, Miles Boyea (St. Vincent, WI/Upper Canada) was
named 2006 AMCC Player of the Year on Friday, April 28. Boyea
ended the season at 9-10 in singles play, but tore through the AMCC,
going went 5-1 during the regular season on his way to capturing the
championship. Boyea defeated Pitt-Greensburg's Josh Thorpe and
Andy Chisholm from Frostburg State to win the first-flight singles
crown. Along with Player of the Year honors, Boyea was also
listed on the first-team all-conference list for first-flight singles
and first-flight doubles.
Two of Boyea's teammates also made first-team all-conference, Trevor Dougherty (Meadville/Meadville) was honored for fifth-flight singles while Todd Guarnieri (New Castle/Neshannock) made the list for first-flight doubles as Boyea's teammate. Guarnieri and Boyea combined to win the first-flight AMCC championship, while Dougherty was tops in the fifth-flight singles.
Making all-conference second-team was Jim Palmer (Sharon/Sharon) for third-flight singles, Guarnieri for fourth-flight singles, Garrett Grenek (Butler/Butler) for third-flight doubles, and Brian Kaleta (Harborcreek/Harborcreek) also for third-flight doubles. Palmer went 4-2 in AMCC singles play, Guarnieri tallied a 3-0 AMCC mark, while Grenek and Kaleta combined to go 3-1 as a team in the conference.
Behrend finished second as a
team in the AMCC tournament with eight points, two behind conference
champion Altoona.
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