| 4/19/2003 4:40:14 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY – Ithaca College earned the top seed and proved it deserved it with a 7-0 victory against No. 2-seed and defending champion Rochester Institute of Technology Saturday afternoon at the 2003 Empire 8 Men’s Tennis Championship hosted by St. John Fisher College.

The Bombers entered the championship with a 7-4 overall mark in the spring and return four players who garnered all-conference recognition last year. Seniors Michael Medvin and Scott Rubens were named to the first team in singles a year ago. The teams of Rubens and Jeff Sluker, and Medvin and Blair Watkins were named second-team all-conference performers in doubles. Watkins was also named to the second team in singles.

RIT returned three all-conference performers. Sophomore David Chachu (Kumasi, Ghana/), the 2002 Empire 8 Men’s Tennis Rookie of the Year, was named to the first team all-conference squad in singles last year for the Tigers. Chachu and Noel Camardo (Greenwich, CT/), and Luke St. Georges were part of doubles all-conference honors last season.

Sophomore Ben Klempka returned for Nazareth after earning first-team all-conference accolades in singles and doubles in 2002. St. John Fisher returns senior Kevin Aubrey, a second-team all-conference singles player a year ago. Senior Bill Tuttle leads Alfred after earning second-team all-conference honors in singles and doubles with partner Randy Vecchione last season.