Utica, NY -- The Utica College men's tennis team is at home this weekend for a pair of Empire 8 matchups. The team will host Alfred at 4 pm on Friday and Stevens at 12 pm on Saturday.

Singles Success vs Delhi: In the sixth singles slot, Gianluca Baggetta (Maple, Ontario/North York (OJHL)) won 6-2, 6-0 to score UC a match point. Baggetta is now 2-0 on the year in singles play. LJ Nuzzo (Peru, NY/Peru Central), Paul Litvak (Brooklyn, NY/Abraham Lincoln), and Ethan Trembley (Schenectady, NY/La Salle Institute) all took care of business in their single bouts to secure match points for the team.

Tiebreaking Sets: Austin McGrain (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford) had to win the tiebreaking set to earn his win in the second singles slot. Teammate Tyler Pietrowski (Curtice, OH/Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL)) was also pushed past the first two sets before winning his matchup to score a Utica match point.

Doubles Domination vs Delhi: In first doubles LJ Nuzzo (Peru, NY/Peru Central) and Austin McGrain (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford) worked together for an 8-4 victory. Paul Litvak (Brooklyn, NY/Abraham Lincoln) teamed up with Ethan Trembley (Schenectady, NY/La Salle Institute) for an 8-6 win in second doubles, giving the duo four doubles wins in their last five matches together. Finally the pair of Tyler Pietrowski (Curtice, OH/Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL)) and Gianluca Baggetta (Maple, Ontario/North York (OJHL)) cleaned up in the third set of doubles action, winning 8-2.

Trending Up: The Pioneers improved to 3-6 overall on the season after the win, and now have won two of their last three matches.

Looking Ahead: UC will be back home following the weekend for a non-conference matchup with Medaille on Wednesday at 4 pm.