DERRY - Led by Mitchell Snyder's 37 kills, 15 service points and 28 digs and Clay Gingrich's 30 kills, 18 service points and 41 digs, the Altoona boys volleyball team finished fifth in the 16-team Derry Invitational Saturday.
In the morning pool, the Mountain Lions split with Montour, 25-15, 26-28, beat Shaler, 27-25, 25-18 and lost to Latrobe, 22-25, 27-29. In the afternoon pool, the Lions beat Plum, 25-16, Norwin, 25-23, and Penn Trafford, 25-21.
Altoona (7-4) beat Penn Hills, 25-20, in the playoff round and lost to Derry, 29-27.
The Lions also got contributions from Tanner Baumgartner (17 kills, 22 service points, 41 assists, 14 digs, four aces), Branden McGarvey (21 service points, 36 assists), Brett Koelle (15 kills, 11 blocks), Dan Stewart (16 blocks) and Stefon Hall (13 blocks), Brandon Stitt (15 service points) and Kody Clawson (12 service points).
Lions finish sixth
It was a tough day for the Altoona and Hollidaysburg tennis teams at the Mountain Lion Invitational held at both ProCare Health and Fitness and The Summit Tennis and Athletic Club.
The Mountain Lions finished sixth out of eight teams while the Golden Tigers placed seventh. Erie Cathedral Prep won the tournament.
Altoona's top performers took fourth. Ryan Good made it to the consolation match at No. 3 singles before losing to Niki Veronis of Manheim Township. The doubles team of Mustafa Ahmad and Danny Cowan lost in the consolation finals to Abington Heights' Dan Jasinski and Eric Onofrey.
At No. 3 singles, Hollidaysburg's Cameron Humphrey won the fifth-sixth-place match over Mount Lebanon's Phil Tatarzyn.
Team Standings
EP-Erie Prep; ML-Mount Lebanon; MT-Manheim Township; AH-Abington Heights; CV-Conestoga Valley; A-Altoona; H-Hollidaysburg; I-Indiana
No. 1 singles: quarterfinals
Darren Mast (CV) def. Steven Dodson (H) 6-0, 6-3; Joel Lankford (ML) def. Alex Pettina (I) 6-1, 6-0; Dave Musser (MT) def. Alex Brzozowski (EP) 6-4, 5-7, 12-10; Nathan Engh (AH) def. Chad Allender (A) 6-4, 6-4
Backdraw semifinals
Dodson def. Pettina 6-0, 6-2; Brozowski def. Allender 6-2, 6-3
Semifinals
Mast def. Lankford 6-1, 6-7, 10-4; Musser def. Engh 6-0, 6-0
Seventh-place match
Allender def. Pettina 6-0, 6-2
FIFTH-place match
Brozozowski def. Dodson 6-0, 6-1
third-place match
Lankford def Engh 6-1, 6-0
Championship match
Mast def Musser 6-4,6-1
No. 2 singles: quarterfinals
Andy Moshos (MT) def. Chris Reighard (A) 6-0, 6-1; Devin Esch (CV) def. Nick Palko (I) 6-1, 6-1; Jai Redkar (AH) def. Nicholas Ward (EP) 2-6, 6-3, 11-9; Josh Smith (ML) def. Amir Alkhafaji (H) 6-0, 6-1
Semifinals
Moshos def. Esch 6-2, 6-1; Smith def. Redkar 6-3, 6-4
Backdraw semifinals
Reighard def. Palko 7-6, 6-3; Ward def. Alkhafaji 6-4, 6-1
SEVENth-place match
Alkhafaji def. Palko 6-1, 6-1
fifth-place match
Ward def. Reighard 6-1, 6-0
THIRD-place match
Redkar def. Esch 6-1, 6-3
Championship match
Smith def. Moshos 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 singles: quarterfinals
Ryan Good (A) def. Troy Amspacher (CV) 4-6, 6-4, 11-9; Mihir Mulloth (AH) def. Phil Tatarzyn (ML) 6-4, 6-2; Mario Nicolia (EP) def. Aishan Shetty (I) 6-0, 6-0; Niki Veronis (MT) def. Cameron Humphrey (H) 5-7, 7-6, 10-8
Semifinals
Mulloth def. Good 6-4, 4-6, 10-5; Nicolia def. Veronis 6-4, 6-0
Backdraw semifinals
Tatarzyn def. Amspacher 6-4, 1-6, 10-7; Humprhey def. Shetty 6-1, 6-0
SEVENTH-place match
Amspacher def. Shetty 6-3, 6-2
SEMIFINALS
Albright-Settimio def. Lowman-Fleming 7-6, 6-1; Zechman-Wong def. Vonada-Johnson 3-6, 7-6, 15-13
seventh-place match
Vonada-Johnson def. Lowman-Fleming 6-1,7-6
fifth-place match
Albright-Settimio def. Zechman-Wong 6-4, 6-3
THIRD-PLACE MATCH
Humphrey def. Tatarzyn 6-1, 6-0
THIRD-PLACE MATCH
Veronis def. Good 6-0, 6-3
Championship match
Nicolia def Mulloth 6-1, 6-2
No. 1 doubles: quarterfinals
Dave Mewkalo-Dane Bendel (ML) def. Joey Settimio-Alex Albright (A) 6-1, 6-0; Harrison Frankhouser-Bobby Belser (MT) def. John Lowman-Justin Fleming (I) 6-0, 6-2; Chris Swisher-Steven Shields (AH) def. Will Zechman-Manley Wong (CV) 6-4, 6-0; Michal Prenovitz-Nathan Estes (EP) def Donnie Vonada-John Johnson (H) 6-1, 7-5
Semifinals
Mewkalo-Bendel def. Frankhouser-Belser 6-3, 6-4; Prenovitz-Estes def. Swisher-Shields 6-3, 6-4
Backdraw semifinals
Frankhouser-Belser def Swisher-Shields 6-1, 6-3
Championship match
Prenovitz-Estes def Mewkalo-Bendel 7-6, 6-1
No. 2 doubles: quarterfinals
Eric Onofrey-Dan Jasinski (AH) def. Jared Kimble-Jordan Kirsch (H) 6-3, 6-7, 10-3; Nick Reese-Tyler Palumbo (ML) def. Dan Answel-Ben Weimer (MT) 7-6, 6-3; Brandon Dall-Jonathan Prichard (EP) def. Matt Means-Nathan Comeaux (CV) 6-1, 6-1; Mustafa Ahmad-Danny Cowan (A) def. Kevin Mullen-Jeremy Knesh (I) 6-0, 6-1
Semifinals
Reese-Palumbo def. Onofrey-Jasinski 6-2, 6-4; Dall-Prichard def. Ahmad-Cowan 7-5, 7-5
Backdraw semifinals
Ansel/Weimer def. Kirsch-Kimble 6-1, 6-2; Means-Comeaux def. Mullen-Knesh 6-0, 6-1
SEVENTH-place match
Kirsch-Kimble def. Mullen-Knesh 6-2, 6-0
fifth-place match
Ansel-Weimer def. Means-Comeaux 7-5, 6-4
third-place match
Onofrey-Jasinski def. Ahmad-Cowan 6-3, 7-6
Championship match
Dall/Prichard def. Reese-Palumbo 7-5, 6-1
