ITHACA, N.Y. - The Ithaca men's tennis team (9-5, 7-0 Empire 8) swept the three doubles matches and went on to an 8-1 win over visiting Nazareth (8-10, 5-3 Empire 8) at the IC Tennis Courts. The Bombers are unbeaten in all seven conference duals thus far and honored its three graduating seniors prior to the start of the match - Les Bowden (Middletown/Middletown), Steve Ochs (Andover/Andover, Mass.) and Josh Rifkin (Homestead/Ft. Wayne, Ind.).

The Bombers host Hobart in a non-league match Tuesday at 4 p.m. and then wrap up Empire 8 regular-season play with a May 1 match at Stevens. Ithaca has qualified for the Empire 8 tournament, which the Bombers will host at the Reis Tennis Center May 7-8.

Nazareth vs Ithaca
04/22/11 at Ithaca, N.Y.
(IC Tennis Courts)

Ithaca 8, Nazareth 1

Singles competition
1. Josh RIFKIN (IC) def. Ryan McCormick (NAZ) 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 6-1
2. Jimmy NEWTON (IC) def. Bret Beaver (NAZ) 6-2, 6-3
3. Josh BERGGRUN (IC) def. Jeremy Mancus (NAZ) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
4. Griffin REID (IC) def. Adam Landry (NAZ) 6-4, 6-2
5. David ANDERSEN (IC) def. Erik Manske (NAZ) 6-4, 6-0
6. Tom Wood (NAZ) def. Steve OCHS (IC) 7-5, 1-6, 10-8

Doubles competition
1. Jimmy NEWTON/Josh RIFKIN (IC) def. Bret Beaver/Ryan McCormick (NAZ) 8-0
2. David ANDERSEN/Josh BERGGRUN (IC) def. Adam Landry/Jeremy Mancus (NAZ) 8-5
3. Les BOWDEN/Dan LEVINE (IC) def. Erik Manske/Tom Wood (NAZ) 8-4

Team Records:
Nazareth 8-10, 5-3 Empire 8
Ithaca 9-5, 7-0 Empire 8; Regional ranking #17