Men's Tennis | 4/9/2016 7:51:00 PM

ITHACA, N.Y. —The Ithaca College men's tennis team dropped a 9-0 decision to Stevens Institute of Technology Saturday afternoon at the Reis Tennis Center on the campus of Cornell University.
 
The Bombers (4-4, 1-1 Empire 8) fell to the Ducks (9-6, 4-0) as Stevens extended its winning streak within the Empire 8 to 44 matches. Ithaca was the last E8 foe to defeat Stevens, 5-4 on April 10, 2010.
 
Freshman Stefan Lazarevic played in the closest match of the day at sixth singles. Lazarevic won the first set, 6-3, before losing the next two 6-0 and 10-6 vs. Kyle Cenderelli.
 
At second singles, junior Wes Davis also had a close match against Charles Drake, falling 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). Senior Chris Hayes, playing at first singles, fell to Matthew Heinrich 6-1, 6-2. It marked the first time in eight dual matches this year that Hayes lost a singles match.
 
In the rest of singles play, junior Nate Wolf fell to Danny Polk, 6-1, 6-3 at third singles; junior Brandon Buksbaum lost to Ben Foran, 6-1, 6-3 at fourth singles; and sophomore Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos fell to Kyle Henry, 6-3, 6-3 at fifth singles.
 
In doubles action, Davis and Viguie-Ramos lost to Heinrich and Foran, 8-0 in the first flight; Hayes and Lazarevic lost to Polk and Henry, 8-4 in the second flight; and Buksbaum and Wolf lost to Drake and Cenderelli, 8-2 to round out the scoring.
 
The Bombers travel to the College of New Jersey at 11 a.m. Sunday in a non-conference clash.

Results vs. Stevens (Stevens won 9-0)

Singles competition

1. Matthew Heinrich (STEVENS) def. Chris Hayes (ITHACA) 6-1, 6-2

2. Charles Drake (STEVENS) def. Wes Davis (ITHACA) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)

3. Danny Polk (STEVENS) def. Nate Wolf (ITHACA) 6-1, 6-3

4. Ben Foran (STEVENS) def. Brandon Buksbaum (ITHACA) 6-1, 6-3

5. Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos (ITHACA) 6-3, 6-3

6. Kyle Cenderelli (STEVENS) def. Stefan Lazarevic (ITHACA) 3-6, 6-0, 10-6

Doubles competition

1. Matthew Heinrich/Ben Foran (STEVENS) def. Wes Davis/Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos (ITHACA) 8-0

2. Danny Polk/Kyle Henry (STEVENS) def. Chris Hayes/Stefan Lazarevic (ITHACA) 8-4

3. Charles Drake/Kyle Cenderelli (STEVENS) def. Nate Wolf/Brandon Buksbaum (ITHACA) 8-2