The Lancaster Bible College men's tennis team will defend its North Eastern Athletic Conference Championship later this week, as the Chargers defeated upset-minded Penn St. Abington in the NEAC Semifinals on Tuesday afternoon. The Chargers defeated Penn St. Abington, 6-3 at Hempfield Rec Center, and in the process won their seventh straight match and improved to 9-1 overall this season. The loss ends the Nittany Lions' season, as they finished the year at 1-4.
 
Doubles: Lancaster Bible won two of the three doubles matches on Tuesday, as the No. 1 team of Devon Clemmer and Tyler Norris earned a key point with an 8-5 victory over Adrian Condes and Philip Belotserkovski. The Chargers picked up their other point thanks to an 8-1 victory by Keven Vallette and Micah Weaver at No. 3 doubles. The No. 2 doubles team from Penn St. Abington earned the Nittany Lions' point with an 8-0 victory, as Dhruv Shahane and Andrew Cavanaugh defeated Malachi Bomgardner and AJ Kwiatkowski.
 
Singles: Lancaster Bible earned victories at No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 singles, as AJ Kwiatkowski won, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles to get the Chargers their first singles point. Keven Vallette was victorious at No. 5 singles, 6-4, 6-4 to make it 4-2, and Micah Weaver's 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles clinched the match for Lancaster Bible. Bomgardner also earned a point for the Chargers with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles.
 
Devon Clemmer fought back to win the second set at No. 1 singles, but couldn't complete the comeback in the super tie-breaker, as he lost, 6-2, 3-6, 10-3. Tyler Norris suffered a 6-0, 6-0 setback at No. 2 singles.
 
News & Notes: Lancaster Bible is now 4-8 all-time against Penn St. Abington…This is the second straight season the Chargers have been in the NEAC Final, as they defeated Penn St. Abington, 5-4 in the 2019 NEAC Championship…The Chargers extended their program record of consecutive wins to seven…Kwiatkowski is now 9-0 in singles play this season.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible will host either Penn St. Berks or Penn St. Harrisburg in the NEAC Final later this week…Berks and Harrisburg were playing later in the day on Tuesday…The NEAC Final will be shown live on the Chargers Sports Network.