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MTEN - Kurek
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Winner Penn State Abington PSA-M (5-6, 3-1 UEC)
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Penn State Berks PSB-M (2-5, 1-2 UEC)
Winner
Penn State Abington PSA-M
(5-6, 3-1 UEC)
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Final
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Penn State Berks PSB-M
(2-5, 1-2 UEC)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Abington Sneaks by Berks, 5-4

Reading, Pa. – The Penn State Abington men's tennis team improved to 3-1 in United East Conference (UEC) play after defeating Penn State Berks, 5-4, on Saturday afternoon at Gring's Mill Tennis Courts.
 
Score: Penn State Abington 5, Penn State Berks 4
Records: Penn State Abington (5-6, 3-1 UEC) | Penn State Berks (2-5, 1-2 UEC)
Location: Reading, Pa. (Gring's Mill Tennis Courts)
 
How It Happened
 
* Abington won third doubles as sophomores Tim Belotserkovsky and Nick Talarico defeated Berks' Jack Dougherty and Alan Ngo, 8-6.  With the match tied 5-5, Belotserkovsky and Talarico won three of the next four games to pick up the team's lone point in doubles play.
 
* Berks won first doubles and second doubles by identical 8-5 scores.
 
* At first doubles, freshman Wenxu Gu won 10 of his first 12 games against Muhammad Esmat.  Gu won the first set, 6-1, and took the second set by the score of 6-4.
 
* Senior Josh Kurek went the distance at second singles against Jazae Maina-Itegi.  Kurek won the first set, 6-4, before Maina-Itegi tied the match with a 7-5 victory in the second set. In the third and decisive set, Kurek trailed 2-0 early on but went on to tie the score at 3-3.  He broke serve to go up 4-3 and held and broke serve again to win the set, 6-3.  Kurek's win at second singles tied the overall match at 3-3.
 
* Talarico gave Abington a 4-3 lead in the match with his fifth singles victory.  Talarico defeated Rajas Joshi in straight sets by the scores of 6-0, 6-4.
 
* Sophomore Adrian Schembri clinched the win for Abington with his win at sixth singles.  Schembri cruised past Ngo in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0.
 
* Berks took the points at third and fourth singles.  Freshman Tripp Mangifesta nearly pulled off a come-from-behind victory at fourth singles against Weston Weaver.  After dropping the first set, 7-5, Mangifesta rallied to take the second set, 6-4, to tie the match.  Weaver jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the tiebreak and later led 8-3.  However, Mangifesta won five straight to tie the score at 8-8. Weaver though won three of the next four games to take the tiebreak, 11-9.  
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the 16th meeting between Abington and Berks since the start of the 2011-12 season.  Abington is now 10-6 versus Berks in the all-time series.
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Monday, April 15 as the Nittany Lions host Penn State Harrisburg in United East action.  Match time is set for 2 p.m. at the Abington Tennis Courts on campus.
 
 
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