Box Score ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's tennis team got its spring match schedule underway on Saturday afternoon when it made the trip to face non-league regional power University of Rochester. It was a tough opening day for the Bombers, as the squad failed to secure any of the nine match-ups in a 9-0 shutout to begin the year.
Doubles
1. Charlie Fang/Mark Zolotukhin (UR) def.
Sam Fried/
George Lomas (IC) | 8-1
2. Pasquale Procaccino/Matt Resnikoff (UR) def.
Colten Lavery/
Liam Spiegel (IC) | 8-6
3. Yifan Shen/Tanmay Thakkar (UR) def.
Max Sobel/
Wyman Ward (IC) | 8-0
Singles
1. Charlie Fang (UR) def.
Colten Lavery (IC) | 6-2, 6-1
2. Yifan Shen (UR) def.
Liam Spiegel (IC) | 6-2, 6-3
3. Pasquale Procaccino (UR) def.
George Lomas (IC) | 6-2, 6-1
4. Tanmay Thakkar (UR) def.
Sam Fried (IC) | 6-1, 6-3
5. K. Yuminaga (UR) def.
Artem Khaybullin (IC) | 6-2, 6-1
6. Mark Zolotukhin (UR) def.
Max Sobel (IC) | 6-3, 6-3
The Bombers most competitive match of the day came during the doubles session, as the second-slot tandem of seniors
Colten Lavery and
Liam Spiegel battled to the end in a 8-6 nail-biter against Rochester's second tandem of Pasquale Procaccino and Matt Resnikoff. The other two match-ups were convincing with senior
Sam Fried and junior
George Lomas falling 8-1 in the first-slot, while the first-year tandem of
Max Sobel and
Wyman Ward were shutout 8-0 in the third.
Ithaca avoided any shutout sets during the singles session, but did not come within a break of taking a set in any of the six matchups. Sobel and Spiegel posted the best efforts, each taking multiple games across two sets in the match-ups at the sixth and second lineup slots, respectively. Sophomore
Artem Khaybullin also got the singles nod in the fifth slot, but was unable to get much traction going in a 6-2, 6-1 defeat.
Ithaca returns to the court next weekend when it jumps into Liberty League play with a pivotal early-season clash against RIT on Saturday, February 29. The match was moved earlier this year to Cornell's Reis Tennis Center with the A&E Center's Glazer Arena serving as the host site for the 2020 NCAA Mideast Regional Championships for wrestling. Start time for the match with the Tigers is shortly after 12:00 p.m.
