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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - Freshmen Matt LaBarre and McKinley Grimes both posted two wins, but it was not enough as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team was defeated by No. 8 Middlebury College, 6-3. 

LaBarre and Grimes combined to win at No. 2 doubles, defeating the sixth-ranked doubles team in the region, Palmer Campbell and Brantner Jones, in a tiebreak (9-8(7). LaBarre, who is ranked 18th in the Northeast Region in singles, then knocked off 11th-ranked Alex Johnston in a super tiebreak, 6-2, 5-7, (10-7) at No. 1. Grimes won at No. 4 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Zach Bruchmiller.

RPI is now 10-4, while the Panthers improve to 14-2.
 

Position	Middlebury College	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	#39 Alex Johnston	Matt LaBarre	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	6-2, 5-7, (10-7)
#2 Singles	#18 Palmer Campbell	Jarrett Regier	Middlebury College	6-1, 6-4
#3 Singles	#31 Brantner Jones	Brandon Mazzara	Middlebury College	6-2, 6-2
#4 Singles	Zach Bruchmiller	McKinley Grimes	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	6-3, 6-4
#5 Singles	#29 Teddy Fitzgibbons	Sherman Uyeno	Middlebury College	6-0, 6-2
#6 Singles	Andrew Lebovitz	Anthony Kim	Middlebury College	6-3, 6-0
#1 Doubles	#24Alex Johnston   Andrew Lebovitz	Jarrett Regier   Brandon Mazzara	Middlebury College	8-4
#2 Doubles	#1Brantner Jones   Palmer Campbell	Matt LaBarre   McKinley Grimes	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	9-8(7)
#3 Doubles	Chris Frost   James Burke	Graham Harris   Sherman Uyeno	Middlebury College	8-5