Bombers Win; Nazareth Defeated

Bombers Win; Nazareth Defeated

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ITHACA
The Ithaca College men's tennis team won five of six singles matches and that keyed a 6-3 win over Bloomsburg on Monday afternoon at Bluffton High School in South Carolina. The victory improved Ithaca's record to 2-2-1 on the season and Bloomsburg is 1-2.

Ithaca trailed 2-1 after doubles play with the victory coming from Chris Hayes and Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos at second doubles.

The Bombers were down 3-1 early in singles play after Bloomsburg won a match by injury retirement, but Ithaca won the remaining five singles matches. Brandon Buksbaum started the streak with a 7-5, 6-0 win at sixth singles and was followed by Hayes with a 6-3, 6-0 win at third singles that tied the team match. Ithaca closed things out with wins by Nate Wolf, Wes Davis and Jack Melhorn.

 Singles competition
1. Jack Melhorn (IC) def. Jean Paul Jones (BLOOM) 6-4, 7-5
2. Gilberto Machado (BLOOM) def. Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos (IC) 6-1, 1-0, retired
3. Chris Hayes (IC) def. Mike DiSanto (BLOOM) 6-3, 6-0
4. Wes Davis (IC) def. Scott Langenbach (BLOOM) 6-4, 5-7, 10-5
5. Nate Wolf (IC) def. Nenyi Micah (BLOOM) 6-4, 6-3
6. Brandon Buksbaum (IC) def. Denis Ikeriji (BLOOM) 7-5, 6-0

 Doubles competition
1. Mike DiSanto/Jean Paul Jones (BLOOM) def. Wes Davis/Jack Melhorn (IC) 8-6
2. Chris Hayes/Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos (IC) def. Scott Langenbach/Gilberto Machado (BLOOM) 9-7
3. Denis Ikeriji/Nenyi Micah (BLOOM) def. Brandon Buksbaum/Nate Wolf (IC) 8-2

 


NAZARETH  BOX
Hilton Head, S.C.-- The Golden Flyers suffered a 8-1 loss to the Millsaps Majors this morning.

Nazareth had a strong showing early in the match, but were only able to gain one point. The duo of Matt Jennings and Brian Rosiek pulled out a solid 8-6 win over Avinash Ananth and Cameron Doles gaining the Flyers lone point for the match. At second doubles, sophomore Christian Bryant and junior Scott Trobert were edged out by Emerson Brundick and Charles Rees with a score of 9-7.

In singles, Scott Trobert, Brian Rosiek, and James Deane suffered a 6-0, 6-1 loss at second, fourth, and sixth singles respectively. Junior Jared Scharza had a strong showing at fifth singles, but was defeated 6-3, 6-1. At first singles, junior Tyler Williams lost to Carles Rees 6-3, 6-0. Senior Matt Jennings was defeated by Alex Centarion 6-1, 6-0.