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MTEN - Gurram
4
Winner St Mary's College (Md.) SMCMT (6-5, 2-1 UEC)
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Penn State Abington PSAM (8-1, 2-1 UEC)
Winner
St Mary's College (Md.) SMCMT
(6-5, 2-1 UEC)
4
Final
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Penn State Abington PSAM
(8-1, 2-1 UEC)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Abington Edged by Seahawks, 4-3

Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington men's tennis team battled St. Mary's College (Md.) to the very end but ended up on the wrong side of a 4-3 decision in a United East Conference (UEC) match on Wednesday afternoon at the Abington Tennis Courts on campus.  The Seahawks came away with the victory ending the Nittany Lions season-long winning streak of eight straight matches.  
 
Score: St. Mary's 4, Penn State Abington 3
Records: Penn State Abington (8-1, 2-1 UEC) | St. Mary's (6-5, 2-1 UEC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Abington Tennis Courts)
 
How It Happened
 
* Abington earned the team point in doubles after picking up victories and first and second flights.  At first doubles, sophomores Wenxu Gu and Tripp Mangifesta trailed 1-0 against Jacob Nelson and Nick Rohr but went on to score six of the next eighth points to take the match, 6-3. 
 
* At second doubles, sophomore Anton Labas and Krishna Gurram rallied to defeat Andrew Hand and Alex Lyman, 7-6.  The Abington duo trailed 3-4, 4-5 and 5-6 but tied the score each time to set up a tiebreak.  Labas and Gurram led 5-2 and then 5-4 in the tiebreak before Gurram came up with a big serve followed with a winner to make the score 6-4.  St. Mary's came within one point at 6-5, but a Seahawks' error gave Abington the 7-5 tiebreak to win the match, 7-6.
 
* In singles action, Gu improved to 7-0 at first flight as he defeated Nick Rohr in straight sets by the scores of 6-4, 6-3. 
 
* Labas picked up the win at fourth singles to give Abington a 3-2 lead in the match.  He won in straight sets over Andrew Hand by the scores of 6-1, 6-4. 
 
* Junior Mark Tymchenko went the distance at sixth singles with Devon Gorel.  Gorel won the first set, 6-3, before Tymchenko tied the match with a 6-2 victory in the second set.  However, Gorel took the third set by the same score to earn the point.
 
* St. Mary's also won the team points in second, third and fifth singles.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the fifth meeting between Abington and St. Mary's since the start of the 2021-22 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 0-5 versus the Seahawks in the all-time series.  Today's match marked the first time that Abington won individual matches against St. Mary's.
 
In the Record Books
Abington saw its eight-match winning streak come to an end as it tied the program's Division III era for the longest winning streak with the 2014-15 team. 
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Saturday, April 12 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Penn State Berks in a United East contest.  Match time is set for 1 p.m.   
 
 
 
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