ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Altoona men's tennis team took its first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference loss of the season on Saturday evening, when the Lions fell 4-3 to league opponent Penn State Behrend at the Westwood Racquet Club.

Behrend (6-7, 2-1 AMCC) scored the first point of the night in doubles play, where it won all three matches by scores of 6-2. Penn State Altoona (6-2, 2-1 AMCC) and Behrend split the six singles matches, and the home team did enough to maintain its one-point lead and hand the Lions a 4-3 loss.

The Lions' three singles points came courtesy of Andrew Chronister (York, PA/Dallastown), Nick Beard (Manns Choice, PA/Bedford), and Wilhelm Grot (Tyrone, PA/Tyrone). Chronister improved to 6-0 in singles this season with a 6-4, 6-0 victory in the No. 2 match, and Beard also notched his sixth win of the season with a 7-5, 6-1 triumph at No. 3. Grot recorded his fifth victory of the year by defeating his opponent 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 6 spot.

Penn State Altoona men's tennis wraps up its weekend road trip with a match against non-conference opponent Waynesburg University tomorrow, Sunday, March 30. The start time for that contest is set for 2:30 p.m.