ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Penn State Altoona men's tennis team played a pair of non-conference matches on the road Saturday, facing York College (Pa.) in the afternoon before taking on Lebanon Valley College in the evening.

Despite competitive play in both matches, Penn State Altoona (10-4) suffered two losses. York overcame a deficit to pull out a 4-3 win over the Lions in their first match of the day, and Lebanon Valley handed Penn State Altoona a 6-1 loss in the second match.

Match One: York 4, Penn State Altoona 3

The Lions opened their day in York, where the Spartans (8-2) edged Penn State Altoona 4-3 at the Wisehaven Tennis Center. The match was tightly contested, as all three doubles matches and three out of six singles matches went to tiebreakers.

The Lions secured the opening point of the match by winning two out of three in doubles. In the No. 2 spot, the tandem of Gabriel Lopez (Wilmette, IL/New Trier Township)/Nick Beard (Manns Choice, PA/Beford) pulled out a 7-6 (8-6) victory for their fourth win together. At No. 3, Emmett Hibbs (Richfield, PA/East Juniata)/Kadyn Carey (Altoona, PA/Altoona) prevailed 7-6 (7-3) for their first win as a team.

But York came from behind to win the overall match by taking four out of six in singles play, including winning all three matches that went to tiebreak. The Lions' two points came from Casey Hess (Annville, PA/Annville-Cleona), who posted a 6-0, 6-4 decision over his opponent in No. 1 singles for his 10th win of the season, and Beard, who earned a 6-3, 6-4 triumph at No. 3 for his team-high 11th victory.

Match Two: Lebanon Valley 6, Penn State Altoona 1

After its first match of the day, Penn State Altoona headed to the Arnold Sports Center in Annville on Saturday evening, where the Lions faced off against Lebanon Valley (6-10). Much like its first match of the day, Penn State Altoona saw close scores all around, including five singles matches going to tiebreakers. But the Dutchmen got the best of the Lions, winning all three doubles matches and nabbing five tight wins in singles to defeat Penn State Altoona by five.

Lebanon Valley scored the match's first point with doubles wins of 6-4, 6-4, and 6-3. The Dutchmen scored five more points in singles play, earning wins at No. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6, four of which were matches decided in tiebreakers.

The Lions' lone point of the match came courtesy of Beard in his No. 3 singles match. Beard picked up his team-best 12th singles win of the season after battling to a 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-5 victory over his opponent.

Penn State Altoona men's tennis wraps up its weekend road trip tomorrow, Sunday, April 13, when the Lions go up against non-conference opponent Penn State Harrisburg. That match is scheduled to start at 12 p.m. at the Hoverter Tennis Complex.