Ithaca Gets First Win Of Season
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- The Ithaca College men's tennis team picked up its first win of the season and started its spring trip with a 5-4 victory over Millsaps at Port Royal Plantation. The Bombers held a 2-1 advantage after doubles play and split the singles matches to earn the victory.
Ithaca started the dual with a 9-8 win at second doubles. The duo of
David Andersen (Hastings on Hudson, N.Y./Hastings) and
Chris Hayes (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) pulled out the match with a 7-1 win in the tiebreaker.
Griffin Reid (Bolton, Conn./Bolton) and
Nate Wolf (Ballston Lake, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) earned the second point of the afternoon with an 8-4 win at third doubles.
Millsaps won the first three singles matches that were completed to take a 4-2 lead, but Ithaca closed out strongly with wins in the fourth, fifth, and sixth singles positions to clinch the victory.
Zach Passman (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) was a 7-5, 6-1 winner at fourth singles and was followed by Wolf's 6-1, 6-1 win at sixth singles. That left the fifth singles spot as the decisive point, and
Wes Davis (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Country Day) got a straight-sets 6-4, 6-1 win.
The men's tennis team will practice on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and return to action Thursday morning against Penn State-Harrisburg.
Millsaps vs Ithaca
03/09/14 at Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Ithaca 5, Millsaps 4
Singles competition
1. Charles Rees (MILLSAPS) def.
Griffin Reid (Bolton, Conn./Bolton) (IC) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
2. Emerson Brundick (MILLSAPS) def.
Chris Hayes (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) (IC) 6-4, 6-0
3. Sean Solomonoff (MILLSAPS) def.
David Andersen (Hastings on Hudson, N.Y./Hastings) (IC) 6-4, 6-0
4.
Zach Passman (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) (IC) def. Misa Pjevac (MILLSAPS) 7-5, 6-1
5.
Wes Davis (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Country Day) (IC) def. Thomas Mills (MILLSAPS) 6-4, 6-1
6.
Nate Wolf (Ballston Lake, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) (IC) def. Taylor Thomas (MILLSAPS) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Emerson Brundick/Charles Rees (MILLSAPS) def.
Wes Davis (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Country Day)/
Zach Passman (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) (IC) 8-4
2.
David Andersen (Hastings on Hudson, N.Y./Hastings)/
Chris Hayes (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) (IC) def. Misa Pjevac/Sean Solomonoff (MILLSAPS) 9-8 (7-1)
3.
Griffin Reid (Bolton, Conn./Bolton)/
Nate Wolf (Ballston Lake, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) (IC) def. Thomas Mills/Taylor Thomas (MILLSAPS) 8-4
Team Records:
Millsaps 2-5
Ithaca 1-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,3,1,4,6,5)