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PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's tennis team took to the courts for one final Empire 8 match on Saturday, May 6, when it battled perennial Empire 8 heavyweight and top-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology in the Empire 8 Championship match at the Mendon Racquet Club in Pittsford, N.Y. The Ducks shutout the Bombers in a 5-0 decision, winning the program's eighth consecutive Empire 8 Tournament title, while Ithaca settled for Empire 8 Runner-Up for the eighth time over that span.
 
Stevens began the day with three victories in doubles to take a stranglehold on the match heading into singles play. The closest match for the Bombers came in the middle flight, as Wes Davis and Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos took five games off William Persson and Divin Sarthak of Stevens. Unfortunately, the Ducks' tandem held on for an 8-5 win.
 
The top-flight match of Michael Gardiner and Minos Stavrakas fell to Kyle Henry and Antonio Perich in an 8-4 decision. The third flight match was the widest margin of the three, as Stevens' Charles Drake and Michael Feldman defeated Ithaca's Stefan Lazarevic and Nate Wolf in an 8-2 bout.
 
Stevens scored its final points in the second and fourth flights. William Persson defeated Michael Gardiner in a 6-2, 6-3 decision in the second flight. Drake followed with the clinching team point, scoring a 6-3, 6-3 decision over IC's Colten Lavery in the fourth flight.
 
The NCAA will release the field for the Division III Tournament on Monday, May 8.