READING, Pa. – The men's tennis team (6-8, 2-2 MAC Commonwealth) hosted Messiah (7-6, 4-0 MAC Commonwealth) on Wednesday afternoon in the team's second to last home match of the season. The Falcons of Messiah took today's match 6-1, remaining undefeated in conference play.
Despite the loss the men's side is still in a good position to make a return trip to the postseason. The Lions have Eastern and Stevenson left on their schedule, two teams they were able to beat a season ago.
Dylan Huha has had a very impressive season thus far and the strong play continued today. Huha won in No. 2 singles in straight sets 6-4, 6-4.
Huha has now won his last five matches overall with three of them coming in straight sets. In conference play, Huha is a perfect 3-0 with all three matches being straight set victories.
The No. 1 doubles tandem of
Gerardo Sanchez and Huha fared well in their match but were edged out by Messiah dropping the back and forth battle 5-7.
Match Results:
#1 Singles: Wilson def Good (ALB) 6-1, 6-2
#2 Singles: Huha (ALB) def Hahn 6-4, 6-4
#3 Singles: Wilson def Sanchez (ALB) 6-1, 6-0
#4 Singles: Noll def Damman (ALB) 6-7, 7-5, 10-1
#5 Singles: Sheaffer def Lewandowski (ALB) 6-2, 6-1
#6 Singles: Risser def Serpa (ALB) 6-1, 6-3
#1 Doubles: C. Wilson & L. Wilson def Huha & Sanchez (ALB) 7-5
#2 Doubles: Hahn & Sheaffer def Good & Serpa 6-3
#3 Doubles: Noll & Risser def Damman & Lewandowski (ALB) 6-1
Up Next:
Albright will head to Eastern on Tuesday, April 22 for their second to last MAC Commonwealth match. The match will begin at 3:30 p.m.