MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – After losing its first match since mid-October of 2012 one day earlier, Penn State Harrisburg bounced back nicely by defeating North Atlantic Conference (NAC) West Division opponent Penn State Abington 8-1 on Sunday, Apr. 7.

The Lions jumped out to an early advantage by taking two of the three doubles matches.  Harrisburg's top team of senior Josh Cartmill (Carlisle, Pa. / Cumberland Valley) and Tyler Miller (Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Mechanicsburg) easily handled Abington's Steven Ly and Monte Dunson 8-2 while the Blue & White's number three pair of freshman Ben Leibig (Lebanon, Pa. / Lebanon) and Alex Koltun (Mount Gretna, Pa. / Cedar Crest) fended off the visitors' duo of Jordan Domsky and Matthew Wolff 8-5.

The home team's only loss on the afternoon came in the second doubles' slot.  Junior Vincent Lepore III (Chepachet, Pa. / Ponaganset) and Zachry Warriner (Montrose, Pa. / Montrose) dropped a hard-fought 8-6 decision to Penn State Abington's Nigel Hopkinson and Ross Raddi.

Lepore would make up for it by emerging victorious in his singles match; a 6-1, 6-1 win in the fifth slot over Dunson.  Cartmill took the top match of the day from Domsky in come from behind fashion, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1.  Evgeny Matigullin (New Bloomfield, Pa. / Susquenita) won his only match, a number two singles outing, by downing Hopkinson 4-6, 6-1, 7-6.  Miller outlasted Ly 6-4, 6-3 in the third spot while Leibig used a pair of 6-1 victories to claim the battle of the each team's number four man.  Koltun's 6-3, 6-3 victory over Wolff wrapped up Penn State Harrisburg's singles play sweep.

The impressive victory improved the two-time defending league champions' record to 8-3 on the season and 2-1 in league play.  The Lions next match comes on the road against another divisional opponent in Lancaster Bible on Thursday, Apr. 11.