St. Mary's City, MD-- The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's tennis team faced the Penn State Abington Nittany Lions this afternoon (Apr. 23) in a United East Conference matchup. The Seahawks defeated the Nittany Lions 9-0 to improve to 12-3 on the year. After the match, the Seahawks recognized seniors Justin Karoyli and Sam Sheets for their contributions to St. Mary's College of Maryland tennis over the past four years.

Doubles

• Stephen Alam and Kier Nacua brought home an 8-3 win in the No. 1 spot to start off the doubles session for the Seahawks on senior day. 

• Sam Sheats and Tyler Vanvalkenburg competed in the No. 2 spot for St. Mary's, while Nick Rohr and Liam Pratt played in the No. 3 spot during doubles. Sheets and Vanvalkenburg came out on top with an 8-0 shutout victory, while Rohr and Pratt followed suit with an 8-0 win of their own. The Seahawks led 3-0 going into singles competition.  

Singles

• Stephen Alam got the Seahawks going on a high note in the singles period of play. Alam came out on top with a two set shoutout  in the No. 1 spot, 6-0, 6-0. Kier Nacua battled for a hard fought win that went all the way to a tie breaker. Nacua took the first set 6-2, dropped the next set 6-1, but battled to a 10-7 win in the tie break. Senior Sam Sheets won his match in the No. 3 spot in similar fashion as Alam, dominating for a two set victory by scores of 6-1 and 6-0.   

• Tyler Vanvalkenburg continued the near perfect day for St. Mary's  in the No. 4, winning in a two set shutout, taking both sets by scores of 6-0. Nick Rohor kept his foot on the gas for St. Mary's in the No. 5 spot, winning 6-0, 6-1.

• Justin Karolyi rounded off a great day for the Seahawks, earning another 6-0, 6-0 shutout win in the No. 6 spot. 

Up Next for the Seahawks

• Apr. 30 | United East Conference Semifinals | 6:00 PM | Hershey, PA

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