ALFRED, N.Y. -- The Ithaca College men's tennis team defeated Alfred 9-0 on Sunday afternoon to move to 4-1 in Empire 8 play and clinch a spot in the conference tournament. The Bombers are 5-11 overall, while the Saxons fell to 4-8 overall and 1-3 in the conference.

Ithaca's doubles teams won convincingly and only one of the singles matches went to three sets, where David Andersen won 13-11 in the super-tiebreak at fourth singles to complete the shutout victory. The Bombers host St. John Fisher on Saturday, April 27.

Ithaca vs Alfred
04/21/13 at Alfred, N.Y.
(Alfred University)

Ithaca 9, Alfred 0

Singles competition
1. Griffin REID (IC) def. Connor Doud (ALFREDM) 6-3, 6-3
2. Justin LEVINE (IC) def. Peter Benoit (ALFREDM) 6-3, 6-3
3. Chris HAYES (IC) def. Daniel Baruch (ALFREDM) 6-2, 6-4
4. David ANDERSEN (IC) def. Michael Graham (ALFREDM) 6-3, 3-6, 13-11
5. Kyle VAN DELDEN (IC) def. Matt Baloga (ALFREDM) 6-4, 6-0
6. Derryk WILLIAMS (IC) def. Dalton Divine (ALFREDM) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. David ANDERSEN/Chris HAYES (IC) def. Connor Doud/Peter Benoit (ALFREDM) 8-3
2. Justin LEVINE/Griffin REID (IC) def. Daniel Baruch/Michael Graham (ALFREDM) 8-3
3. Joseph HANF/Alex KRUGMAN (IC) def. Trenton Berardi/Matt Baloga (ALFREDM) 8-4

Team Records:
Ithaca 5-11, 4-1 Empire 8
Alfred 4-8, 1-3 Empire 8