Rory Donaldson won his first career match with a 6-1, 6-4 decision at sixth singles.

April 12, 2016

Men’s Tennis Defeats Penn State-Altoona

ALTOONA, Pa.- The Juniata men’s tennis team played Penn-State Altoona in a non-conference match on Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles had no trouble with the Lions as they won by the score of 8-1.

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Juniata College	Penn State Altoona
Score	8	1

Doubles

Dean Polisena / Roy Liberman def. Conner Saltzer / Alex Albright 8-2
Dan Ansel / Owen Grafe def. Carlos Cevallos / Jonathan D'Arcy 8-1
Logan Moore / Mike Lifshitz def. Thomas Graden / Tony Vergari 8-1

Singles

Bryan Gregory def. Conner Saltzer 6-1 , 6-1
Logan Moore def. Jonathan D'Arcy 6-1 , 6-0
Dan Ansel def. Thomas Graden 6-1 , 6-1
Mike Lifshitz def. Alex Albright 6-1 , 6-3
Tony Vergari def. Neal Smith 6-4 , 1-6 , 11-9
Rory Donaldson def. Eric Brought 6-1 , 6-4

ALTOONA, Pa.- The Juniata men's tennis team played Penn-State Altoona in a non-conference match on Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles had no trouble with the Lions as they won by the score of 8-1.

Dan Ansel (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) and Owen Grafe (Newton, Mass./Newton North) paired up for the first time this season and won 8-1 over the duo of Carlos Cevallos and Jonathan D'Arcy at second doubles. Mike Lifshitz (Worcester, Mass./Worcester Academy) and Logan Moore (Chadds Ford, Pa./Unionville) were victors at third doubles over Thomas Graden/Tony Vergari 8-1.

Bryan Gregory (Glen Mills, Pa./Garnet Valley) played at first singles for the first time in 2016 and was a 6-1, 6-1 winner against Connor Saltzer. Newcomer Rory Donaldson picked up his first collegiate victory with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Eric Brought at sixth singles. Also getting wins were Moore, Ansel, and Lifshitz.

Juniata returns to Landmark competition this Friday when it travels to Elizabethtown to play the Blue Jays. Start time for the match will be at 2:00 p.m.