Pine Valley, NY – The EC Men's Tennis team downed conference opponent Hartwick College, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon at the Murray Athletic Center. This is one of the last matches that the Soaring Eagles will play at home this season and the senior class of 2013 went out with a bang.   The Soaring Eagles improve to 6-6 overall and 3-4 in the Empire 8, while the Hawks fall to 0-9 overall and 0-5 in the conference.  

The Soaring Eagles started off strong by taking all three doubles points. Third doubles was the first to finish as Satchal Waters '16 and Austin Mansell '16 made quick work of their opponents winning 8-1. At the second spot, Steffan Waters '13 and Steve Carlette '16, the EC duo dominated the match winning easily 8-3. The first doubles spot was a tight one as Sam Pine '14 and Keith Bujak '15 were forced to go to a tiebreaker for the second straight doubles match. However, the duo controlled the tempo in the breaker to edge the Hawks 9-8 (7-3). 

In singles, Elmira continued its success by controlling the points to take four out of the six matches. Clinching the match for EC was Carlette who took down his opponent 6-3, 6-1. Finishing right in front of Carlette was Bujak who made quick work of his opponent dropping only one game. Satchel Waters '16 and Mansell each dominated their matches at the fifth and sixth spots dropping a total of four games.

The EC Men's Tennis team will return home next Tuesday for its final match of the 2013 season against the Keuka College Storm at 4:00 p.m.