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MTEN - Gu
2
Albright Men's Tennis ALMT2425 (4-3)
5
Winner Penn State Abington PSAM (3-0)
Albright Men's Tennis ALMT2425
(4-3)
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Final
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Penn State Abington PSAM
(3-0)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Abington Opens Spring with Win Over Lions

Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington men's tennis team improved to 3-0 overall after defeating Albright College, 5-2, in a non-conference match on Saturday afternoon at the Abington Tennis Courts on campus.  The 3-0 start by the Nittany Lions is their best since 2011-12 when the team also went 3-0 to open the season.
 
Score: Penn State Abington 5, Albright 2
Records: Penn State Abington (3-0) | Albright (4-3)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Tennis Courts)
 
How It Happened
 
* Abington won five of the six singles matches to earn the win.  Sophomore Wenxu Gu won his first singles match over Adam Good, 6-3, 6-2. 
 
* At second singles, freshman Krishna Gurram bounced back after dropping the first set to Dylan Huha, 6-3.  Gurram tied the match with a 6-2 triumph in the second set to force a tiebreak.  In the tiebreak, Gurram took an 8-2 lead and held off a rally by Huha to win the tiebreak, 10-8.
 
* Sophomore Tripp Mangifesta also rallied in his third singles match after dropping the first set to Gerardo Sanchez, 6-0.  Mangifesta cruised to a 6-2 victory in set two to tie the match.  In the tie-break, Mangifesta trailed 4-1, 5-2 and 6-3.  He took three straight points to tie the score at 6-6.  The score would be tied two more times at 7-7 and 8-8 before Mangifesta took the final two points for a 10-8 win.
 
* In fourth singles, sophomore Anton Labas defeated Nikolai Damman, 6-3, 3-6, and 11-9.  Labas trailed 6-3 and 7-4 and faced three match points at 9-6.  However, he countered each won and won the next two points to take the tie-breaker, 11-9.
 
* Sophomore Trivikram Chitturi won his first collegiate match as he defeated Timo Weber 6-1, 6-4 at sixth singles.
 
* Albright earned its lone point in singles play at fifth flight after Clay Lewandowski won in straight sets, 6-2, 7-6.  The Lions also earned the point after doubles competitions by sweeping all three matches.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the 12th meeting between Abington and Albright since the start of the 2011-12 season. The Nittany Lions are now 6-6 versus the Lions in the all-time series.  The win marked Abington's first over Albright since 2018.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Wednesday, March 12 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Mary Baldwin University in a non-conference contest. Match time is set for 4 p.m.
 
 
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