ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Four Singles, One Doubles Team Still Alive After Day One of MASCAC Men's Tennis Tournament

KINGSTON, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College advanced four singles players and one doubles team to Sunday's action at the Middle Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Championships at Kirby Park on Saturday.

Junior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita), senior Andrew Voshell (Chester Heights, PA/Garnet Valley), first-year student Bryan Metz (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin) and senior Jim Dombach (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township) moved into the semifinals in singles play, while the doubles team of Dombach and sophomore Mike Steiner (Greensburg, PA/Greater Latrobe) advanced to the finals of third doubles with a pair of victories.

Kirkhoff defeated Johnathan Hand of King's College 7-6, 6-3 in a quarterfinal match at second singles, while Voshell downed Colin Baier of Lycoming College 6-0, 6-1 in a third singles quarterfinal match. Playing at fourth singles, Metz got past Sid Dunn of FDU-Florham 6-3, 6-0 in quarterfinal play and at sixth singles Dombach defeated Gabriel Mallen of Manhattanville College 7-6, 6-3 in quarterfinal action.

In doubles, Dombach and Steiner won 9-8 (7-5) in the quarterfinals over David Boe and Povl Schmidt of King's, then knocked off Anthony Guerriero and Charles Marriner of DeSales University 8-2 in the semifinals to advance to Sunday's final against Jansen Hein and Luke Ruch of Messiah College.

In other action, sophomore Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) downed Schmidt 6-2, 6-2 in a first-round match but lost 6-4, 6-3 to Julian Oribe of Manhattanville College in quarterfinals at first singles, and sophomore Brandon Stolar (Millville, NJ/Millville) won 6-3, 6-2 over Tom Miller of Wilkes University in a fifth singles first-round match, but lost to William Tanis of Messiah 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.

In doubles, Kirkhoff and Voshell defeated Jake Hoover and Dan Bullen of DeSales 8-6 in a first-round match, but lost 8-3 to Nate Ipsen and Jonathan Siemen of Messiah in the quarterfinals in flight one, and at flight two Walker and Metz won 8-2 over Jon Kindred and Joe Sulpizio in the quarterfinals, but lost to Alex Bruin and John Zalesky of FDU-Florham in the semifinals.

at Kingston, Pa.
Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation (MASCAC) Individual Singles and Doubles Championships

Singles:
Flight #1:
1st: Brok Walker (E) d. Povl Schmidt (King's) 6-2, 6-2
QF: Julian Oribe (Manhattanville) d. Walker 6-4, 6-3

Flight #2:
QF: Jeff Kirkhoff (E) d. Johnathan Hand (King's) 7-6, 6-3

Flight #3:
QF: Andrew Voshell (E) d. Colin Baier (Lycoming) 6-0, 6-1

Flight #4:
QF: Bryan Metz (E) d. Sid Dunn (FDU-Florham) 6-3, 6-0

Flight #5:
1st: Brandon Stolar (E) d. Tom Miller (Wilkes) 6-3, 6-2
QF: William Tanis (Messiah) d. Stolar 6-2, 6-2

Flight #6:
QF: Jim Dombach (E) d. Gabriel Mallen (Manhattanville) 7-6, 6-3

Doubles:
Flight #1:
1st: Kirkhoff/Voshell (E) d. Hoover/Bullen (DeSales) 8-6
QF: Ipsen/Siemen (Messiah) d. Kirkhoff/Voshell 8-3

Flight #2:
QF: Walker/Metz (E) d. Kindred/Sulpizio (DeSales) 8-2
SF: Bruin/Zalesky (FDU) d. Walker/Metz 8-4

Flight #3:
QF: Dombach/Steiner (E) d. Boe/Schmidt (King's) 9-8 (7-5)
SF: Dombach/Steiner (E) d. Guerriero/Marriner (DeSales) 8-2