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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In its first dual match of the season, the RPI men's tennis team dropped a tight one to MIT, 5-4. Rensselaer won once in doubles and three times in singles in the loss. 

Brandon Mazzara and McKinley Grimes won in the No.2 doubles spot by a score of 8-2, but the top tandem, Jarrett Regier and Matt LaBarre, lost to Edwin Zhang and fellow senior Curtis Wu, 8-4 victory at No.1. At No.3, MIT's Kenny Gea and Dennis Garcia defeated Will Dickie and Sherman Uyeno, 8-2.

At No.1 singles, LaBarre defeated Zhang in three sets, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. In the No.2 position, Kevin Wang won a close matchup against Regier, winning the first set, 6-2, and winning a tiebreaker, 2-0, to narrowly win the second by a score of 7-6. Gea defeated Mazzara at No.3, 6-2, 6-1.

Wu closed out the MIT singles wins with a victory over Dickie at No.4 by a score of 6-2, 6-4. Jeffrey Sperling fell to Grimes won at No.5 by a score of 6-3, 7-5 and Anthony Kim earned a 6-5, 6-1 win at No.6.

RPI returns to the court on Saturday afternoon at Babson.

RPI vs MIT (Oct 4, 2013)

MIT 5, RPI 4
Oct 4, 2013 at Cambridge, Mass. (DuPont Tennis Courts) 

Singles competition

1. Matt LaBarre (RPI) def. Edwin Zhang (MIT) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1

2. Kevin Wang (MIT) def. Jarrett Regier (RPI) 6-2, 7-6 (2-0)

3. Kenny Gea (MIT) def. Brandon Mazzara (RPI) 6-2, 6-1

4. Curtis Wu (MIT) def. Will Dickie (RPI) 6-2, 6-4

5. McKinley Grimes (RPI) def. Jeffrey Sperling (MIT) 6-3, 7-5

6. Anthony Kim (RPI) def. Vlad Firoiu (MIT) 7-5, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. Edwin Zhang/Curtis Wu (MIT) def. Jarrett Regier/Matt LaBarre (RPI) 8-4

2. Brandon Mazzara/McKinley Grimes (RPI) def. Eugene Oh/Kevin Wang (MIT) 8-4

3. Kenny Gea/Dennis Garcia (MIT) def. Will Dickie/Sherman Uyeno (RPI) 8-2