ELMIRA, NY – Hartwick men's tennis slipped to 0-4 overall on Tuesday at Elmira's Murray Athletic Center in the Empire 8 Conference opener for the Hawks. The host Soaring Eagles won all nine matches on the day. EC improves to 4-4 overall and 1-1 in the conference.
           
EC took all three doubles matches while only surrendering four games total in the three flights.
           
In singles play, Hartwick's Brian Redder (Marion, NY/Williamson) had a very close match in the top flight against Elmira's Pavle Vashakidze. Redder would drop the first set, 6-3, but he forced a second-set tie-breaker. Vashakidze, however, won the race to seven points, 7-4, to claim the victory.
           
In third singles, Liam Brown (Suffield, CT/Suffield) lost in straight sets but was able to win seven games against Austin Mansell in his third singles match. Mansell would claim the win, 6-4, 6-3.
           
Hartwick men's tennis travels to Ithaca College on Saturday for a 12 p.m. match.


Elmira College 9, Hartwick College 0
04/01/2014 at Pine Valley, NY (Murray Athletic Center)

Singles competition

1. Pavle Vashakidze (ECMT) def. Brian Redder (HARTWICK) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)

2. Keith Bujak (ECMT) def. Will Gilbraith (HARTWICK) 6-2, 6-1

3. Austin Mansell (ECMT) def. Liam Brown (HARTWICK) 6-4, 6-3

4. Sam Pine (ECMT) def. Sean Coppola (HARTWICK) 6-0, 6-2

5. Satchal Waters (ECMT) def. Jefferson Monastoque (HARTWICK) 6-1, 6-1

6. Scott Ferron (ECMT) def. Ross Braue (HARTWICK) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. Keith Bujak/Sam Pine (ECMT) def. Brian Redder/Will Gilbraith (HARTWICK) 8-2

2. Satchal Waters/Austin Mansell (ECMT) def. Liam Brown/Jefferson Monastoque (HARTWICK) 8-2

3. Pavle Vashakidze/Scott Ferron (ECMT) def. Sean Coppola/Keith O'Connor (HARTWICK) 8-0

Match Notes

Hartwick College 0-4, 0-1 E8

Elmira College 4-4, 1-1 E8

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,3,1,2,4,5)

T-3:18 A-25