Pine Valley, N.Y. - The Ithaca men's tennis team (7-2, 1-0 Empire 8) began conference play with a 9-0 win over Elmira (0-1, 0-1 E8) Monday afternoon at Elmira. Ithaca won all but one set in singles competition and dropped just five total games in three doubles matches.

Senior Seth Magnani (Oxford Academy/Oxford) won convincingly at sixth singles and second doubles.

Ithaca 9, Elmira 0
Mar 16, 2009 at Pine Valley, N.Y.
(Murray Athletics Center)

Singles competition
1. Taylor Borda (IC) def. Gabriel Cortes (MTELM) 6-2, 6-1
2. Josh Rifkin (IC) def. Eric Klinedinst (MTELM) 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
3. Jimmy Newton (IC) def. Ryan Patterson (MTELM) 6-0, 6-0
4. Danny Wolk (IC) def. Michael Leslie (MTELM) 6-1, 6-4
5. Andrew Dunnick (IC) def. Matt Montgomery (MTELM) 6-0, 6-2
6. Seth Magnani (IC) def. Michael Dewitt (MTELM) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Taylor Borda/Josh Rifkin (IC) def. Gabriel Cortes/Eric Klinedinst (MTELM) 8-1
2. Jimmy Newton/Danny Wolk (IC) def. Michael Leslie/Ryan Patterson (MTELM) 8-2
3. Andrew Dunnick/Seth Magnani (IC) def. Timothy Wagner/Dylan Kilbourne (MTELM) 8-2