Men’s Tennis enjoys Senior Day sweep of Mount Aloysius
Box Score GREENSBURG, PA: The Pitt-Greensburg men's tennis team celebrated their senior class with a 9-0 whitewash of Mount Aloysius on Sunday.
The win not only sends the seniors out right in their last regular season conference competition but also captures the #4 seed in the upcoming Allegheny Mountain Collegiate playoffs. The Bobcats now sit at 3-3 in AMCC play and 4-5 on the season while the Mounties fall to 1-4 in conference and 3-5 overall.
The sweep began with the double's section of Sunday's matchup.
Jeremy Niemiec (Scottdale, PA, Southmoreland) and
Anthony Backowski (Harrison City, PA, Penn Trafford) would triumph from the #1 spot by an 8-2 score. The #2 pairing of
Tyler Fox (Mt. Pleasant, PA, Southmoreland) and and
Izaak Fulmer-Moffat (Derry, Pa, Derry) and #3 pairing of
Luke Zeleznik (Scottdale, PA, Southmoreland) and
Jakob Schafer (New Kensington, PA, Valley) would then earn victories by identical 8-3 scores.
Pitt-Greensburg would keep things rolling with wins in every match of the singles competition. #1 Niemiec, #2 Backowski, #3 Fox, #4 Schafer, #5 Fulmer-Moffat, and #6 Zeleznik would all earn victories in straight sets.
The AMCC men's tennis tournament will be played this Saturday, April 18th in Monroeville, PA. Make sure to check in for times, opponents, at:
http://pittgreensburgathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=mten
