ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS
Thursday, March 23, 2006

Elizabethtown Defeats Muhlenberg 5-2 for First Win of Season

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown picked up its first win of the season Thursday, defeating Muhlenberg College 5-2 at home to improve to 1-6 overall. Muhlenberg drops to 1-2 overall in 2005-06 with the loss.

The Blue Jays won the doubles point by taking two out of three doubles contests to begin the match. Per Roxendal (Zurich, Switzerland/Literargymnasium Ramibuhl) and Hiep Pham (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East) teamed up to win 8-3 at number one for Etown, and Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA) and Zach Atkinson (Willow Street, PA) won 8-2 at number two doubles for the Blue Jays.

In singles, Roxendal won 6-4, 6-1 at number one, and Pham won 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 at number two. Kirkhoff posted a 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) win at number three, and Taylor Butch (Great Falls, VA/Flint Hill School) won 6-1, 6-4 at number five.

Elizabethtown will return to action on the road Saturday at Moravian College in a 1:00 p.m. Commonwealth Conference match.

Mar 23, 2006 at Elizabethtown, Pa.
Elizabethtown College 5, Muhlenberg College 2
Singles competition
1. Per Roxendal (ETOWN) def. Brad Gutwillig (MBERG) 6-4, 6-1
2. Hiep Pham (ETOWN) def. David Yaron (MBERG) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
3. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) def. Michael DiVita (MBERG) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
4. James Goldman (MBERG) def. Zachary Atkinson (ETOWN) 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (4-7), (10-6)
5. Taylor Butch (ETOWN) def. David Weiss (MBERG) 6-1, 6-4
6. Andrew Card (MBERG) def. Ryan Zimmerman (ETOWN) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Per Roxendal/Hiep Pham (ETOWN) def. Brad Gutwillig/Doug Wayne (MBERG) 8-3
2. Jeff Kirkhoff/Zachary Atkinson (ETOWN) def. Ryan Paskin/Andrew Card (MBERG) 8-2
3. Timothy Ness/James Goldman (MBERG) def. Taylor Butch/Ryan Zimmerman (ETOWN) 8-6