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The Wilkes University men's tennis team won four single titles and three doubles titles in the MAC Individual Tourney

WILKES MEN’S TENNIS WITH STRONG SHOWING IN MAC INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT

10/14/2012 5:53:00 PM

(Final Results)

WILKES MEN'S TENNIS WITH STRONG SHOWING IN MAC INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT

EDWARDSVILLE – The Wilkes University men's tennis team had a strong showing in the MAC Individual Tournament Saturday afternoon winning four singles titles and all four doubles titles at the Ralston Athletic Complex.

Michael Kranz (Depew, NY/Lancaster Central) (2) won the No.3 singles title defeating Elizabethtown's Paul Whitman (1). In No. 4 singles play, Max Appello (Sparta, NJ/Sparta) (4) defeated teammate Brendan Blachowski (1) 3-6, 7-6, 10-5 to earn the victory. Clarke Freeman (York, PA/Central York) won the No.5 singles title defeating Elizabethtown's Mike Cannon 6-3, 6-3. The No. 6 singles title match saw two Wilkes teammates again battle for the championship. Brandon Helfrich (Bloomsburg, PA/Central Columbia) defeated Dan Hackford 6-2, 6-2 to win the match. Wilkes had a chance to win in the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 7 singles title matches, but fell short losing in the final round of each separate tournament.

Alex Makos (Mansfield, PA/Mansfield) and Steven Wilson (Bronx, NY/JFK) took home the No. 1 doubles title match defeating Elizabethtown's Josh Riehl and Eric Fritzges 8-6. Connor Peckham (Warminster, PA/Central Bucks East) and Kranz took home the No. 2 doubles title by defeating Whitman and Billy Freitag of Elizabethtown 8-5. In the No. 3 doubles title championship, Blachowski and Freeman defeated teammates Appello and Trey Fidler (Myerstown, PA/ELCO) 8-1. Throy Autero and Colin Strunk captured the No. 4 doubles title with an 8-2 win over Simon Mohr and Darren Stochmal of Arcadia.

The Colonels will remain idle until the Spring when they play in the Drew Invitational on February 16^th.

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