BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Ithaca College men's tennis team returned to the courts at Bloomsburg University on a pristine Sunday for the final day of action at the Bloomsburg Invitational. Playing some excellent tight matches in the first day of the tournament on Saturday, the play remained exciting and competitive on Sunday, as the Bombers finished the tournament with a solid team performance.
Coming off an 11-6 singles record and a 3-2 record in doubles on Saturday, the men's netters notched a 5-4 record in singles and a 1-2 mark in doubles on Sunday. The final day of competition will be the Bombers final competition tune-up ahead of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Championships, which will be in two weeks.
Highlighting Sunday's action in singles were victories by a quartet of sophomores in
Minos Stavrakas,
Max Prestwich,
Liam Spiegel, and
Sam Fried. The doubles tandem of Fried and freshman
Marshall Comia also scored an impressive triumph over a Bloomsburg combo to round out the day's action.
Singles Results
Courtney Murphy (Wilkes) def.
Sam McGrath (ITHACA) | 6-3, 6-4
Minos Stavrakas (ITHACA) def. Artyom Nabokin (Wilkes) | 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Max Prestwich (ITHACA) def. Jonathan White (Wilkes) | 2-6, 6-4, 10-8
Liam Spiegel (ITHACA) def. Tawhid Choudhury (Wilkes) | 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
Chris Maderitz (Wilkes) def.
Marshall Comia (ITHACA) | 6-4, 6-4
Braddock Chow (Wilkes) def.
Colten Lavery (ITHACA) | 6-1, 6-4
Sam Fried (ITHACA) def. Andrew Neidig (Wilkes) | 6-1, 6-4
Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos (ITHACA) def. Larry Scartz (Wilkes) | 6-2, 6-3
Ryan Simon (Wilkes) def.
Ben Sharpe (ITHACA) | 6-3, 6-2
Doubles Results
Lucas Pedrotti/Nagid Walle (Bloomsburg) def.
Minos Stavrakas/
Lorenzo Viguie-Ramos (ITHACA) | 8-6
Guillermo Carranza/Bernardo Abreu (Bloomsburg) def.
Max Prestwich/
Sam McGrath (ITHACA) | 9-8 (7-5)
Sam Fried/
Marshall Comia (ITHACA) def. Robin Luetzig/Vinicius Ribeiro (Bloomsburg) | 8-6
Ithaca will conclude the fall portion of its schedule during the final weekend of the month as it sends qualifying entrants to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for the ITA Northeast Regionals from Saturday, September 30, through Monday, October 2.