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7
Winner Penn State Abington PSAM (7-0)
0
25 Cairn Men's Tennis CAIMTEN (0-1)
Winner
Penn State Abington PSAM
(7-0)
7
Final
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25 Cairn Men's Tennis CAIMTEN
(0-1)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Abington Wins Seventh Straight; Defeats Highlanders, 7-0

Langhorne, Pa. – The Penn State Abington men's tennis team won its seventh straight match as the Nittany Lions defeated Cairn University, 7-0, in United East Conference (UEC) action on Friday afternoon at McCurdy Tennis Facility. 
 
The seven straight victories are the most since the 2015-16 season when the team won seven consecutive matches heading into the NAC/NEAC Championship match.  The year prior in 2014-15, Abington won a Division III era record eight straight matches leading into the NAC/NEAC title match.
 
Score: Penn State Abington 7, Cairn 0
Records: Penn State Abington (7-0, 2-0 UEC) | Cairn (0-1, 0-1 UEC)
Location: Langhorne, Pa. (McCurdy Tennis Facility)
 
How It Happened
 
* Abington jumped out to a hot start winning all three doubles competitions to earn the team point in doubles.  The duo of sophomores Wenxu Gu and Tripp Mangifesta won their first doubles match in shutout fashion, 6-0.  Sophomore Anton Labas and freshman Krishna Gurram won their second doubles match by the score of 6-1, while sophomores Ulrich Commodore and Trivikram Chitturi won their third doubles match by the same score.
 
* Abington took all six singles competitions with three players recording shutouts.  Gurram (2nd Singles), Labas (4th Singles) and Chitturi (5th Singles) all won in straight sets by the scores of 6-0, 6-0.
 
* Gu remained undefeated at first singles after nearly recording a shutout himself against Cairn's Danile Stange.  Gu won the first set, 6-1, before taking the second set by the score of 6-0.
 
* Mangifesta picked up the win at third singles as he defeated Jacob Gossel by the scores of 6-1 and 6-3.
 
* At sixth singles, Commodore got the win as he defeated Caleb Akundo, 6-3, 6-0.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the fifth meeting between Abington and Cairn since the start of the 2019-20 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 4-1 versus the Highlanders in the all-time series.
 
Streaking Lions
Abington is one win away from tying the program's longest winning streak in the Division III era.  The Nittany Lions won eight straight matches heading into the NAC/NEAC Championship match during the 2014-15 season.  The program's longest winning streak in a season occurred during the 1978-79 season when Abington (at the time Penn State Ogontz) went undefeated with a 13-0 record.   
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Sunday, March 30 as the Nittany Lions host McDaniel College in a non-conference contest.  Match time is set for 11 a.m. at the Abington Tennis Courts on campus.
 
 
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