Ithaca's Josh Rifkin Advances To Singles Semifinals at ITA Regionals
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. - With two wins in singles play Sunday, Ithaca men's tennis senior Josh Rifkin
(Homestead/Ft. Wayne, Ind.) moved into the semifinals of the USTA/ITA Northeast Regionals.
Rifkin defeated Dan Freeman of Vassar 7-5, 6-0 in the round of 16 and disposed of Jonathan Yu of The College of New Jersey 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
Rifkin and partner Jimmy Newton
(Florida Virtual School/Englewood, Fla.) also competed in doubles play and advanced to the semifinals. The duo won a quarterfinal match 8-6 over Skidmore's Oliver Loutsenko and Alex Fromson and lost in the semifinals in a tiebreak 9-8 (7-1) to Spencer Cheng and Jimmy Sherpa, also of Skidmore.
The tournament will conclude Monday. Rifkin's semifinal match is slated for 9 a.m.