| 4/9/2004 11:17:50 AM

PITTSFORD, NY -- The RIT men's tennis team held off St. John Fisher 4-3 on Thursday afternoon. After losing the doubles point the Tigers rallied in singles competition, winning four of the six matches. Frank Solome (Rochester, NY/), Jon New, Rod Razavi (Cincinnati, OH/) and Tim Patterson (Delhi, NY/) were all victorious for RIT in singles competiton. The win improves RIT's record to 2-1 on the season. RIT will host Elmira and St. Lawrence on Saturday. at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. respectively.

Doubles:
1. Flume/Byam (SJFC) d. Stanley/Solome (RIT) - 8-3
2. Stoker/Linehart (SJFC) d. Leary/Razavi (RIT) - 8-5
3. New/Patterson (RIT) d. Zeger/Tucker (SJFC) - 8-3

Singles:
1. Jason Byam (SJFC) d. Darren Stanley (Vestal, NY/Vestal) (RIT) - 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
2. Jason Fiene (SJFC) d. Chris Leary (RIT) - 6-2, 6-4
3. Frank Solome (Rochester, NY/) (RIT) d. Dale Stoker (SJFC) - 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
4. Jon New (RIT) d. Mukund Jagadish (SJFC) - 6-3, 6-4
5. Rod Razavi (Cincinnati, OH/) (RIT) d. Tom Linhart (SJFC) - 6-7, 6-2, 7-6
6. Tim Patterson (Delhi, NY/) (RIT) d. Dan Tucker (SJFC) - 6-7. 6-2, 6-4