Flushing, N.Y. -- The Ithaca men's tennis team (8-3) lost 6-3 against New York University (4-6) on Saturday at the United States Tennis Association National Tennis Center.

The Bombers led 2-1 after doubles play was complete, with victories by the tandem of junior Taylor Borda (West Morris-Mendham/Chester, N.J.) and sophomore Josh Rifkin (Homestead/Fort Wayne, Ind.) at first doubles and freshman Jimmy Newton (Florida Virtual School/Englewood, Fla.) and freshman Mike Muraco (Fayetteville-Manlius/Manlius) at second doubles. Rifkin also won a three-set match at second singles.

New York University 6, Ithaca 3
Flushing, N.Y. -- National Tennis Center
March 28, 2009

Singles Competition
1. Craig Berger (NYU) def. Taylor Borda (IC) 6-2, 6-4
2. Josh Rifkin (IC) def. Calvin Chou (NYU) 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 10-2
3. Jason Sacher (NYU) def. Jimmy Newton (IC) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
4. Eugene Tsarevskiy (NYU) def. Danny Wolk (IC) 6-1, 6-4
5. Alex Zara (NYU) def. Dan Levine (IC) 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
6. P.J. Marranca (NYU) def. Zach Stern (IC) 6-1, 6-3

Doubles Competition
1. Taylor Borda/Josh Rifkin (IC) def. Craig Berger/Calvin Chou (NYU) 9-8 (7-4)
2. Jimmy Newton/Mike Muraco (IC) def. Philip Rosenstein/Pavel Zhuravlev (NYU) 8-2
3. Alex Stoler/Matthew Gross (NYU) def. Dan Adelman/Danny Wolk (IC) 8-4