No. 39 Stevens claims first in E8 after wins over Ithaca & Elmira 4/22/2017 11:48:00 PM April 22, 2017 The Basics Score: No. 39 Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Tennis 8 Ithaca College 1 Score: No. 39 Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Tennis 9 Elmira College 0 Location: Washington Township Tennis Club - Township of Washington, N.J. Short Story: No. 39 Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis moved into sole possession of first place in the Empire 8 after victories over Ithaca and Elmira. The Ducks can clinch the E8 regular season championship with a win next weekend or an Ithaca loss. The records: Stevens: 8-13; 6-0 (E8); Ithaca: 9-5; 5-1 (E8); Elmira: 8-6; 3-3 (E8) How It Happened The Ducks earned the first two points of the day, winning at No. 3 and No. 2 doubles, with each pair winning by at least three points. Ithaca earned its only point of the match at No. 1 singles, where Minos Stavrakas and Michael Gardiner edged Kyle Henry and Antonio Perich, 8-6. With first place in the conference on the line, Stevens earned points in all five singles flights to close out the victory. Victories in four of the six flights were more than two points in each set. Tiebreaks were needed in Danny Polk's match at No. 1 singles and Michael Feldman's match at No. 5 singles. In the second match of the day, the Ducks dropped only three points to Elmira over the three doubles flights, with the team of William Persson and Divin Sarthak spinning an 8-0 shutout. In the singles flights, Danny Polk and Kyle Henry each posted 6-0, 6-0 victories. David Schulz, Divin Sarthak and Antonio Perich each won one set via shutout en route to easy victories. In the closest singles flight, senior Charles Drake defeated Patrick Tracey, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 3 singles. Singles Results (Ithaca) Danny Polk (STEVENS) def. Minos Stavrakas (ITHACA) 6-1, 7-6 Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Wes Davis (ITHACA) 7-5, 6-2 William Persson (STEVENS) def. Michael Gardiner (ITHACA) 6-4, 6-4 Charles Drake (STEVENS) def. Colten Lavery (ITHACA) 6-2, 7-5 Michael Feldman (STEVENS) def. Max Prestwich (ITHACA) 6-2, 7-6 David Schulz (STEVENS) def. Sam McGrath (ITHACA) 6-1, 6-4 Doubles Results (Ithaca) Minos Stavrakas/Michael Gardiner (ITHACA) def. Kyle Henry/Antonio Perich (STEVENS) 8-6 Danny Polk/Michael Feldman (STEVENS) def. Wes Davis/Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos (ITHACA) 8-5 William Persson/Divin Sarthak (STEVENS) def. Nathan Wolf/Colten Lavery (ITHACA) 8-4 Singles Results (Elmira) Danny Polk (STEVENS) def. Theodoric Tran (ELMIRA) 6-0, 6-0 Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Anthony Colavito (ELMIRA) 6-0, 6-0 Charles Drake (STEVENS) def. Patrick Tracey (ELMIRA) 6-4, 6-1 David Schulz (STEVENS) def. Yaniv Kogan (ELMIRA) 6-2, 6-0 Divin Sarthak (STEVENS) def. Chris Konow (ELMIRA) 6-0, 6-3 Antonio Perich (STEVENS) def. Stephen Gervase (ELMIRA) 6-0, 6-1 Doubles Results (Elmira) Kyle Henry/Antonio Perich (STEVENS) def. Theodoric Tran/Patrick Tracey (ELMIRA) 8-2 Danny Polk/Charles Drake (STEVENS) def. Stephen Gervase/Chris Konow (ELMIRA) 8-1 William Persson/Divin Sarthak (STEVENS) def. Yaniv Kogan/Anthony Colavito (ELMIRA) 8-0