WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Freshman Zachary High (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) remains alive in the seventh flight of singles and the fourth flight of doubles play at the Middle Atlantic Conference Individual Championships, as he was one of two players to reach the quarterfinals during the first day of play at the tournament at Kirby Park on an overcast Saturday, Oct. 11.
 
High posted an 8-4 win over King's Tyler Tuck in the first round of the tournament, helping him move on to the quarterfinals, where he will face Wilkes' T.J. Austero on Sunday, Oct. 12. In doubles play, High teamed with freshman Zachary Collevechio (Summit Hill, Pa./Panther Valley) to post an 8-3 win over FDU-Florham's Matt Adapoe and Luis Rojas and reach the semifinals on Sunday, where they will face Wilkes' Will Miller and Gabriel Velez.
 
Junior Joe Amento (Ambler, Pa./Abington Friends School) also moved into the quarterfinals with an 8-3 win over FDU-Florham's Luis Rojas at No. 3 singles, but he fell to the No. 2 seed, Troy Haas, 6-0, 6-1, in his second match of the day.
 
Sophomore Bryce Jones (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport) fell in the top flight of singles to the No. 2 seed George Parkhurst of King's, 8-1.  Senior Joe Rudderow (Blandon, Pa./Fleetwood) fell to Eastern's Tyler Schultz, 8-2, at No. 2 singles. Sophomore Evan Bennetch (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Baptist Bible School) dropped an 8-4 decision to Albright's Claude Purcell at No. 5 singles. Collevechio fell to Jon Hastings of Lebanon Valley, 8-4, at No. 6 singles.
 
In doubles play, Jones and Amento fell to third-seed Ian Goodwille and Matthew Muoio of Albright, 8-0 at No. 1 and Rudderow and Bennetch fell to Misericordia's Christian Pugliese and Nicholas Hendry, 8-5, at No. 2.