ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Rensselaer men's tennis team bounced back from a tough opening match loss to defeat Nazareth College, 5-2, and Ithaca College, 8-1, in the Flower City Tournament. With their 2-1 record, the Engineers finished in fifth place in the tournament.

Following an opening match in which it lost to St. Lawrence, 5-4, RPI downed Nazareth. The match was played to decision. Rensselaer won all three doubles matches, including an 8-2 win at second doubles by Anthony Kim (San Diego, CA / Torrey Pines) and junior Andre Vorbrodt (Allendale, NJ / Northern Highlands Regional), before Kim and fellow freshman Graham Harris (Reno, NV / Galeno) closed it out with singles victories.

In the fifth place match against the Bombers, RPI once again swept the doubles and then captured the top five flights of singles for the win. Sophomore Brandon Mazzara (Orange, CA / Villa Park) won at both number one singles (6-1, 5-7, 10-2) and first doubles with playing partner Sherman Uyeno (Brea, CA / Brea Olinda), 8-4.

The Engineers are idle until September 23 when they host Union College at 1pm.

2012-13 Rensselaer Tennis
Rensselaer vs Nazareth (09/08/12)

Rensselaer 5, Nazareth 2
09/08/12 at Mendon, NY (Mendon Racquet Club)

Singles competition

1. Ryan McCormick (NAZARETH) def. Brandon Mazzara (RPI_MTEN) 6-0, 6-1

2. Jeremy Mancus (NAZARETH) def. Sherman Uyeno (RPI_MTEN) 6-4, 6-3

3. Anthony Kim (RPI_MTEN) def. Bret Beaver (NAZARETH) 6-2, 6-2

5. Graham Harris (RPI_MTEN) def. Matt Jennings (NAZARETH) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Brandon Mazzara/Sherman Uyeno (RPI_MTEN) def. Jeremy Mancus/Ryan McCormick (NAZARETH) 8-6

2. Anthony Kim/Andre Vorbrodt (RPI_MTEN) def. Nick Lord/Brian Rosiek (NAZARETH) 8-2

3. Graham Harris/Brian Hatcher (RPI_MTEN) def. Bret Beaver/Scott Trobert (NAZARETH) 8-4

Match Notes

Flower City Tournament consolation

2012-13 Rensselaer Tennis
Rensselaer vs Ithaca (09/09/12)

Rensselaer 8, Ithaca 1
09/09/12 at Mendon, NY (Mendon Racquet Club)

Singles competition

1. Brandon Mazzara (RPI_MTEN) def. Griffin REID (IC) 6-1, 5-7, 10-2

2. Sherman Uyeno (RPI_MTEN) def. Josh BERGGRUN (IC) 6-4, 6-2

3. Anthony Kim (RPI_MTEN) def. David ANDERSEN (IC) 1-6, 6-1, 10-7

4. Andre Vorbrodt (RPI_MTEN) def. Chris HAYES (IC) 6-1, 6-3

5. Graham Harris (RPI_MTEN) def. Zach LIPSON (IC) 6-1, 7-5

6. David KELTZ (IC) def. Brian Hatcher (RPI_MTEN) 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 10-6

Doubles competition

1. Brandon Mazzara/Sherman Uyeno (RPI_MTEN) def. David ANDERSEN/Josh BERGGRUN (IC) 8-4

2. Anthony Kim/Andre Vorbrodt (RPI_MTEN) def. Justin LEVINE/Zach LIPSON (IC) 8-5

3. Graham Harris/Brian Hatcher (RPI_MTEN) def. Chris HAYES/David KELTZ (IC) 9-7

Match Notes

Flower City Tournament 5th place match