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Matt LaBarre posted a three-set victory at No. 1 singles to break a 4-4 tie and clinch a 5-4 victory for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team over No. 26 Skidmore College at Tri-City Racquet Club. RPI improves to 8-2, while the Thoroughbreds fall to 6-5.
The Engineers, who are ranked 11th in the Northeast Region, dropped two of the three doubles matches to start the day. The No. 3 team of
Sherman Uyeno and
Graham Harris won, 8-2, for RPI. The Engineers' No. 1 team of
Jarrett Regier and
Brandon Mazzara, which is ranked 15th in the region, fell to Oliver Loutsenko and Danny Knight - the second ranked team regionally - 8-2. At No. 2, the Thoroughbreds tandem of Jimmy Sherpa and Nick Tong, which is ranked 11th in the region, came back from a 3-0 deficit to win in a tiebreak, 9-8 (4).
In singles, Regier pulled RPI even with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 2 and Grimes gave RPI a 3-2 lead with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 4. Skidmore took the next two matches in straight sets for a 4-3 lead, before
Anthony Kim won at No. 6, 6-4, 6-4, and LaBarre won at No. 1 in a tight, three-set match with Sherpa, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4. LaBarre is ranked 13th in the region in singles, while Sherpa is 18th.
Rensselaer returns to the court on Wednesday against Union in Troy (4pm), while Skidmore plays at Amherst on April 6 at 1pm.
Rensselaer 5, Skidmore 4Mar 30, 2014 at Latham, N.Y. (Tri-City Racquet Club) Â
