By: Laura Chapman
Assistant Sports Information Director
chapmal@juniata.edu • juniatasports.net
Photo: J.D. Cavrich Photography
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – Yet another team became a notch in the Juniata College men's tennis team' winning belt as the Eagles cruised by Penn State Altoona 8-1. Juniata is still on defeated on the year boasting a 9-0 record. The Eagles will return to Landmark Conference action tomorrow, Wed. April 2, in a 2:30 p.m. match against Moravian College.
The Eagles swept through doubles play with the No. 2 pair of senior Elliott Perow (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon) and sophomore Mike Lifshitz (Worcester, Mass./Worcester Academy) and the No. 3 pair of senior Justin Wisniewski (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) and sophomore Bryan Gregory (Glenn Mills, Pa./Garney Velley) both winning by the score of 8-1. Freshman Dean Polisena (Adelaide, Australia/Saint Ignatius) and sophomore Logan Moore (Chadds Ford, Pa./Unionville) won their fifth consecutive doubles match at the No. 1 position.
Perow ran through his No. 3 singles match 6-0, 6-0, and Polisena clinched the match for Juniata with a 6-1, 6-2 win at the No. 1 position. Wisniewski capped off the top three win at 6-3, 6-1 win. Junior Max Weiss (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Fox Chapel Area) earned his first win of the year, taking No. 4 singles 6-1, 6-3. Junior Sam Brumbaugh (Perkasie, Pa. / Pennridge) fought hard at the No. 5 position forcing 7-6 first set, but fell in the second set 6-2.
The big match of the day came from a gutsy performance by junior Clarence Yeung (Hong Kong, China / St. Joseph College). At the No. 6 position, Yeung dominated the first set 6-0, but faltered in the second set to fall 3-6. In the super tiebreak he fought off three match points to win five in a row and claim the last set 11-9 for the match win.
After hosting Moravian College tomorrow afternoon the Eagles will face McDaniel College Friday, April 4, at 3:30 p.m. at home.
Juniata 8 Penn State Altoona 1
Singles
1. Dean Polisena (JUNM) def. Christopher Reighard (ALTM) 6-1, 6-2
2. Justin Wisniewski (JUNM) def. Adam Hack (ALTM) 6-3, 6-1
3. Elliott Perow (JUNM) def. Patrick Albright (ALTM) 6-0, 6-0
4. Max Weiss (JUNM) def. Alex Albright (ALTM) 6-1, 6-3
5. Joseph Settimio (ALTM) def. Sam Brumbaugh (JUNM) 7-6, 6-2
6. Clarence Young (JUNM) def. Ben Settimio (ALTM) 6-0, 3-6, 11-9
Doubles
1. Dean Polisena/Logan Moore (JUNM) def. Adam Hack/Patrick Albright (ALTM) 8-2
2. Elliott Perow/Michael Lifshitz (JUNM) def. Christopher Reighard/Alex Albright (ALTM) 8-1
3. Justin Wisniewski/Bryan Gregory (JUNM) def. Joseph Settimio/Ben Settimio (ALTM) 8-1
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