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Tennis Loses Close Match to Elmira
April 6, 2009
Senior Justin Roe won his singles and doubles match.
The Keuka College men’s tennis team suffered its first loss of the season while falling to the Soaring Eagles of Elmira College by a score of 5-4 on Friday. The match was played at Elmira.
Keuka drops to 1-1 overall while Elmira collects its first win of the season and sit at 1-5 overall.
Keuka dropped the first three flights of singles as well as the fifth flight while winning the fourth and sixth flights. Senior Justin Roe (Port Byron, N.Y./Port Byron) won the fourth flight in a tight match (7-6 {11-9}, 4-6, 6-1). Classmate James Fitch (Perry, N.Y./Perry) won the sixth flight 6-4, 6-3. Both players are now 2-0 on the year.
In doubles, Keuka lost the first flight but grabbed the final two. Roe and sophomore Patrick Barker (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) won the second flight 8-0 while Junior Casey Dahlstrom (Grand Island, N.Y./Grand Island) and sophomore Blaine Phair (Pembroke, NH/Pembroke) won the third flight 9-8 (7-5).
Keuka will next play host to Penn State-Berks this Sunday, April 5 beginning at 10 am.
