SINGLES BRACKET

WILKES-BARRE, PA (October 14, 2018) -- The King's College men's tennis team saw many of their players compete in the second and final day of action from the 2018 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Men's Tennis Individual Championships from Kirby Park. 

In No. 1 singles play, junior and third-seed Tyler Millan took on second-seed Juan Huertas from Manhattanville in the semifinals Sunday, playing a thrilling match that ended in a 10-point tiebreaker. Huertas was able to take the match lead after earning a 6-4 win in the first set, but Millan responded with an emphatic 6-1 victory in the second set. 

In the super-tiebreaker, Huertas jumped out a 4-2 advantage but the King's top player battled back to tie it at five. Manhattanville's Huertas would rally to take a 9-6 edge in the tiebreak, but Millan rattled off three straight points to stay alive. In the end, Huertas was able to take the last two points and earn the 6-4, 1-6, 11-9 win.

The No. 2 singles bracket saw Owen Hegarty play a very spirited match with Andre Sturniolo of Stevenson University. Sturniolo secured the first set 6-2, and broke Hegarty late in the second set to take the 6-2, 7-5 decision in a competitive, back-and-forth match. 

Austin Mackey, playing in the No. 3 singles bracket, was dropped by eventual champion and top seed Chris Maderitz of Wilkes University, 6-1, 6-0. Nick Harth was also knocked off by the eventual champion at No. 5, as he fell 6-2, 6-3 to Jack Maline of Wilkes in a match that was closer than the final score. 

Sophomore Jason Homschek got a bye as the No. 3 seed in the No. 6 singles flight, but was topped in the semifinals by Larry Johnson of Stevenson 6-2, 6-4 though Homschek tested Johnson through some very long points. 

King's farthest finisher this weekend was at No. 7 singles, as Nick Holland made the finals after earning a 6-3, 6-0 straight set win over Alexander Post of Arcadia University. In the finals, Holland fought hard but ended up falling to Colin Greenman to Wilkes 6-1, 6-0. 

King's is off until the spring season, check back at kingscollegeathletics.com for the 2019 spring match schedule soon.