Men's Tennis
Elizabethtown 9, Lebanon Valley 0
ANNVILLE, Pa. - Defending Commonwealth Conference champion Elizabethtown proved to be a tough task for Lebanon Valley as the Blue Jays won 9-0 on Saturday.
The Dutchmen (4-8, 1-1 CC) battled through singles but couldn't take a point off the Blue Jays (8-2, 2-0 CC) as they suffered their first conference loss of the season.
Ethan Grodzinski's match at No. 1 with Josh Riehl highlighted the match; after a tight first set went to Riehl 7-6 (4), Grodzinski fought back to win the second set 1-6, but Riehl closed out with a 6-3 third-set victory.
Cody Manmiller went to a third-set tiebreak but fell to Joe Kirchner 6-2, 6-7 (3), 10-2 at No. 6.
LVC will host Albright on Wednesday afternoon.
Singles
1. Josh Riehl (ETWN-M) def.
Ethan Grodzinski (LVC) 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, 6-3
2. Eric Fritzges (ETWN-M) def.
Ryan Weitzel (LVC) 6-4, 6-3
3. Paul Whitman (ETWN-M) def.
Jordan Shankroff (LVC) 6-0, 6-1
4. Cole Turula (ETWN-M) def.
Andrew Wilson (LVC) 6-2, 6-1
5. Michael Cannon (ETWN-M) def.
Sam Calabria (LVC) 6-3, 6-2
6. Joe Kirchner (ETWN-M) def.
Cody Manmiller (LVC) 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 10-2
Doubles
1. Josh Riehl/Eric Fritzges (ETWN-M) def.
Ethan Grodzinski/
Ryan Weitzel (LVC) 8-1
2. Paul Whitman/Billy Freitag (ETWN-M) def.
Andrew Wilson/
Jordan Shankroff (LVC) 8-2
3. Cole Turula/Michael Cannon (ETWN-M) def.
Sam Calabria/
Cody Manmiller (LVC) 8-2