Men's Tennis | 4/20/2010 7:57:28 PM

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ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT men's tennis team dropped a hard-fought match to Empire 8 foe Ithaca College on Tuesday afternoon. The loss drops the Tigers to 4-5 overall and 2-2 in the Empire 8.

In doubles action, the RIT's team of John Albers (Grands Rapids, MI/Forest Hills) and Larry Hall (Fairport, NY/Fairport) picked up the win over Josh Berggrun and Kyle Riether 8-2 in third doubles.

The second doubles team of Will Abisalih (Merrimac, MA/Phillips Exeter Academy) and John Traver (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) lost a tight match to Jimmy Newton and Daniel Wolk 9-8. The Tigers were up early in the match, but the Bombers responded and sent the match into a tiebreaker where they won 7-5.

RIT's lone win in singles came at the sixth spot. Joshua Goldstein (Miami, FL/Palmer Trinity) defeated Dan Levine of Ithaca in three sets. Goldstein dropped the first set 0-6 but responded by winning the next two 6-4, 12-10.

The Tigers return to action on Saturday, April 24 versus Stevens. The match gets underway at 12 pm on RIT Courts.


Doubles competition:
1. Josh RIFKIN/Taylor BORDA (IC) def. Neville Bilimoria (Mumbai/Schiller International)/Clayton Tontarski (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta) (RIT) 8-2
2. Jimmy NEWTON/Daniel WOLK (IC) def. Will Abisalih (Merrimac, MA/Phillips Exeter Academy)/John Traver (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) (RIT) 9-8 (7-5)
3. John Albers (Grands Rapids, MI/Forest Hills)/Larry Hall (Fairport, NY/Fairport) (RIT) def. Josh BERGGRUN/Kyle RIETHER (IC) 8-2

Singles competition:
1. Josh RIFKIN (IC) def. John Traver (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) (RIT) 6-3, 6-1
2. Taylor BORDA (IC) def. Neville Bilimoria (Mumbai/Schiller International) (RIT) 6-4, 6-3
3. Jimmy NEWTON (IC) def. Will Abisalih (Merrimac, MA/Phillips Exeter Academy) (RIT) 6-0, 6-1
4. Daniel WOLK (IC) def. Clayton Tontarski (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta) (RIT) 4-6, 6-1, 10-8
5. Josh BERGGRUN (IC) def. Adam Wolf (South Euclid, Ohio/Brush) (RIT) 6-2, 6-3
6. Joshua Goldstein (Miami, FL/Palmer Trinity) (RIT) def. Dan LEVINE (IC) 0-6, 6-4, 12-10