Berks tennis: Suwak, Perkins earn MVP honors in Hits for Hope tourney

Dominic Suwak of Arlington, Virginia, won the men’s championship on Sunday in the 15th edition of the Conrad Weiser Hits for Hope Tennis Tournament at the Conrad Weiser Tennis Facility in Robesonia.

Suwak, the second seed, defeated Ryan Palandjian, a rising senior at Manheim Township High School, in the finals.

Palandjian upset No. 1 seed Joey Link in the quarterfinals.

Suwak and Max Arkans then repeated as doubles champions, beating Ryan and Jake Palandjian in the finals.

In the mixed open doubles, Cami Townsend and Matt Muoio defended their title from a year ago. Townsend played for Texas A&M Corpus-Cristi and Muoio was as standout at Albright College.

Suwak was named the Adult Tournament MVP for his two championships and finals appearance in the mixed doubles.

The tournament drew a record number of players (328). It raised $5,000 to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

In the junior tournament, Conrad Weiser freshman Juliet Perkins earned her second tournament MVP.

Perkins won the girls under-14 draw, teamed with Natalie Nelson to win the under-14 doubles and partnered with Chris Uzar to win the under-14 mixed doubles.

Perkins was also a finalist in the under-18 girls event and made the finals with Ariana Plevrakis in the under-18 girls doubles and Uzar in the under-18 mixed doubles.

She also partnered with older sister Emma Perkins to capture the Sister/Sister Doubles championship in three sets over the team of Alice and Olivia Liang from Methacton.

Ethan Menegel, the Berks County singles finalist from Wilson, won the boys 18 singles title over Henry Wright, a native of Kentucky.

The boys 18 doubles was won by Uzar and Landon Lubart.

Olivia O’Neill of Kentucky won the girls under-18 title and teamed with Wright to win the under-18 mixed doubles title.

Matt Muoio and Joe Muoio won their record seventh straight Father/Son Doubles championship with a straight sets win over William Arp and Joshua Arp in the finals.

At the Night of Champions ceremony on Saturday night, along with the BCTA Hall of Fame and many other awards, it was announced that Don Hutchison and Pat Shields have been elected into the USTA Middle States Hall of Fame with the induction set to take place in Reading at the Reading Country Club on Oct. 29.

Hutchison is a longtime player, coach and administrator in Berks County, and Shields is the longtime owner of Fromuth Tennis.

The 2027 Conrad Weiser Hits for Hope Tournament will be June 7-13, 2027