2015-16 AMCC Men's Tennis News
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
Franciscan men's tennis ended the season with a 5-0 loss to Case Western Reserve University in the second round of the 2016 NCAA tournament.
For just the second time in program history, Franciscan men's tennis advanced past the first round of the NCAA tournament, defeating Grove City 5-2.
For the fourth-straight year and fifth time in the last six years, the Franciscan University men's tennis team will extend its season and travel to the NCAA Tournament.
Penn State Behrend sophomore Yanique Apgar has been named the 2016 AMCC Men's Tennis Player of the Year.
Watson won the match point to give the Barons their fourth-straight AMCC title. Watson went undefeated in both singles and doubles action throughout the conference tournament, with an incomplete singles match agaist Pitt-Greensburg.
Franciscan University will be making their fifth appearance in the NCAA men's tennis tournament after defeating Penn St. Behrend on Sunday for the AMCC title.
Franciscan University will be aiming for their fourth straight AMCC title when they take on Penn State Behrend in the men's tennis championship on Sunday.
The AMCC men's tennis teams are gearing up this week for the 2016 championship weekend, hosted by Pitt-Bradford at the Westwood Tennis Club in Erie, PA on Saturday and Sunday.
Fleegle was undefeated in two critical AMCC victories over D'Youville and Pitt-Greensburg for the Mounties, who clinched a playoff berth for the first time in the six-year history of the program.
Sulak only dropped six points in singles play over three matches. He is carrying a 6-match singles winning streak and a seven-match doubles winning streak after the week. Sulak dropped six points in doubles play at the No.1 doubles position. On the week, Sulak was an impressive 6-0 with singles and doubles victories over Penn St. Altoona, Mount Aloysius, and Pitt-Bradford.
Brown continued his stellar play for the Mounties, earning both singles and doubles victories in the Mount's only contest of the week against non-conference opponent Bethany. Brown is still undefeated at 7-0 in singles play this season, and he is also 3-1 in doubles play.
Franciscan University of Steubenville and the Western Area YMCA of Pittsburgh announced that the two would enter into a partnership for the "Y" to host the Baron Tennis program for the 2016 season when its home courts at Belleview Park are unavailable due to weather.
Sulak went 6-0 last week, including 4-0 in AMCC play. The #2 singles player picked up victories over D'Youville (6-2, 6-0), Ohio Northern (6-2, 6-5), and Penn St. Behrend (6-1, 6-3). At the #1 doubles position, Sulak picked up the wins with 8-5, 8-5, and 8-4 victories, respectively. Sulak led the Barons to a big team victory after defeating Penn St. Behrend, the other previously unbeaten AMCC team.
McFarland went undefeated in singles play and was 2-1 in doubles, helping the Lions win three straight over the weekend. He blanked his opponent at No. 4 singles against D'Youville on Friday.
Hample led the Mounties to a 2-0 start to their season by going 3-1 overall in competition, including a 9-8 win in a thriller in #1 doubles against Waynesburg that helped Mount Aloysius to the team victory.