Men's Tennis Heads to Hershey to Face Marymount in Crossover Championship

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's tennis team will battle Marymount in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) and Atlantic East Crossover Championship on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Hershey Racquet Club.

Penn State Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions captured their fourth straight AMCC Championship on Sunday
* Behrend defeated No. 1 Penn State Altoona 4-1 in the title match
* Behrend was named the Co-AMCC Regular-Season Champions with Penn State Altoona
* This is the second AMCC/Atlantic East Crossover Championship
* The Lions enter the match with a 12-8 overall record, while riding a six-match winning streak
* Graham Louis (Erie, PA/Fairview) was named the AMCC Newcomer of the Year, while landing on the All-AMCC Team for singles and doubles
* Head coach Louis Murphy was voted AMCC Coach of the Year
* Jonathan Laier (Lansing, MI/Holt), William Thomas (Greensburg, PA/Greensburg Salem), Carson Souser (Clay, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt), and Owen Sinnott (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) were named to the All-Conference Team
* Louis leads the team with a 15-5 overall singles record and a 13-4 doubles mark

Marymount News & Notes:

* The Saints are 10-9 overall this season
* Marymount defeated Marywood 4-0 in the Atlantic East semifinals, before defeating Neumann in the championship match
* The Saints posted a 4-2 decision over the Knights to advance to the AMCC-AEC Crossover Championship
* Last year at the AMCC-AEC Crossover, Marymount defeated Behrend, 5-2
* The Saints currently have a seven-match winning streak heading into Sunday
* Nicolas Stromberg and Adam Stanulis were winners at No. 1 doubles and then at No. 1 and No. 4 singles, respectively, to help the Saints get past Neumann
* Degamwar is 14-1 at No. 1 singles, while Gunek Singh ranks second on the team with 11 singles wins