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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Ithaca College men's tennis team put the wraps on its Spring Break trip in Florida on Friday afternoon, facing its stiffest challenge of the week against undefeated No. 9 Wesleyan (Conn.). Unfortunately, the Bombers were not able to contend against the nationally-ranked foe, falling by an 8-1 margin to the Cardinals as the Lake Cane Tennis Complex. The loss concludes a 1-4 week for IC down in the Sunshine State, while the squad falls to a 1-6 mark on the year.
 
No. 9 Wesleyan (Conn.) 8 – Ithaca 1
Doubles
1. Adrian Roji/Noah Lilienthal (WELSEYAN) def. Minos Stavrakas/Colten Lavery (ITHACA) | 8-2
2. Andrew Finkelman/Zach Fleischman (WESLEYAN) def. Sam McGrath/Max Prestwich (ITHACA) | 8-2
3. Marcus Sweeney/Jonathan Holtzman (WESLEYAN) def. Stefan Lazarevic/Liam Spiegel (ITHACA) | 8-2
 
Singles
1. Peter Anker (WESLEYAN) def. Minos Stavrakas (ITHACA) | 6-1, 6-3
2. Zach Lieb (WESLEYAN) def. Sam McGrath (ITHACA) | 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 10-4
3. Ali Mooraj (WESLEYAN) def. Colten Lavery (ITHACA) | 6-1, 6-0
4. Zach Fleischman (WESLEYAN) def. Sam Fried (ITHACA) | 6-0, 6-3
5. Jonathan Holtzman (WESLEYAN) def. Max Prestwich (ITHACA) | 6-3, 6-2
6. Garrett Boleslav (ITHACA) def. Max Lee (WESLEYAN) | 4-6, 6-2, 10-4
 
The Cardinals put Ithaca in a deep hole during the first session of the day coasting to three straight 8-2 victories in doubles. None of IC's three tandems were able to gain much traction to begin the afternoon. Juniors Minos Stavrakas and Colten Lavery fell in the first slot, senior Sam McGrath and junior Max Prestwich took the loss in the second slot, while juniors Stefan Lazarevic and Liam Spiegel dropped the third-doubles matchup.
 
The lone highlight of the day for Ithaca came in the singles session, as senior Garrett Boleslav battled back from a opening set loss to score IC's only team point of the afternoon in his sixth-singles matchup against Wesleyan's Max Lee. After dropping the first set by a competitive 6-4 margin, Boleslav raced back with an impressive 6-2 win in the second to force a third-set super-breaker. Boleslav kept the momentum rolling, surging past Lee for a 10-4 win.
 
McGrath also took things to a third-set in his second-singles matchup against Zach Lieb. Like Boleslav, McGrath dropped the opening set, before storming back to win the second in a tiebreaker. He forced the third-set with a 7-3 win in the breaker, but the comeback really took an exhausting amount of energy from the senior. Lieb regrouped for the super-breaker, out-distancing McGrath by a 10-4 margin.
 
The other singles matchups were not as close. Stavrakas, Lavery, sophomore Sam Fried and Prestwich each dropped their respective matches in straight sets.
 
Ithaca returns to action on Thursday, March 28, when it faces a crucial Liberty League match against Hobart at home. Start time is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.