| Elmira at Penn College |
| Game Details |
Friday, March 30 | Williamsport, Pa. | 4:00 p.m. |
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| Elmira vs. Utica |
| Game Details |
Saturday, March 31 | Pine Valley, N.Y. | 1:00 p.m. |
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ELMIRA, N.Y. -- The Elmira College men's tennis is set for weekend matches against the Pennsylvania College of Technology and Utica College this weekend. The Soaring Eagles will battle the Wildcats first at 4:00 p.m. on Friday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, before returning home on Saturday to challenge the Pioneers at the Murray Athletic Center at 1:00 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
The Soaring Eagles dropped a non-conference bout to Oswego State, 7-2, on Saturday, March 3, at the Murray Athletic Center. Elmira played strong at both No. 1 singles and doubles, as
Patrick Tracey '18 was a double-winner atop EC's lineup. Tracey and
Stephen Gervase '20 paired up at first singles and cruised to a comfortable 8-1 victory, the team's first win of the season. Tracey followed up double's action with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over the Lakers' Nick Retzkin at No. 1 singles. Unfortunately for Elmira, these two wins stood as the only two for the team in the match. Gervase had a tightly-contested bout at third singles, but ultimately fell, 6-4, 7-5, after allowing a pair of late service breaks.
SERIES HISTORY
The Soaring Eagles and Wildcats met for the first time last season, with Elmira picking up a 9-0 victory at home at the Murray Athletic Center on March 17. Today's contest stands EC's first trip to Williamsport.
SCOUTING PENN COLLEGE
The Wildcats are 1-5 to start the 2017-18 campaign and are riding a four-match losing streak into Friday's contest. However, Penn College came perilously close to ending that skid in its most recent bout, as it fell by a 5-4 final score to Lycoming College to conclude its fall slate of matches on October 3. The team's lone victory was a 9-0 sweep of Misericordia University on September 11. Will Demarco and Andrew Francisco come into the weekend tied for the team lead with two singles victories this season.
SERIES HISTORY
The Soaring Eagles and Pioneers will meet for the 30th time today. In the previous encounters, Elmira has gotten the better of its long-time foe 23 times, while Utica has tasted victory six times. Last season, the Purple and Gold cruised to a 9-0 victory on April 17, 2017, in Utica, New York.
SCOUTING UTICA
The Pioneers enter today's bout as one of two teams in the Empire 8 Conference to not play a match yet, which also includes Hartwick College. Utica comes off its second consecutive season with just one win, as it posted a 1-10 overall record in 2017. The lone victory came against The Sage Colleges by an 8-1 final score in the team's season-opener. Paul Litvak and Patrick Restuccio return to the team as match winners last season. Litvak, a junior from Brooklyn, New York, won twice in 2017, once at third singles and once at first doubles. Restuccio, a senior netter from Clermont, Florida, earned a third doubles victory in the aforementioned opener against the Gators.
UP NEXT
The Elmira men will meet Sage for the first time in program history on Saturday, April 7, with a 1:00 p.m. road bout in Latham, New York. The contest is scheduled to take place indoors at the Tri-City Tennis Facility.
