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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team opened the Liberty League Championship Tournament with a 5-0 win over Rochester Institute of Technolgy (RIT). The Engineers are the second seed and the Tigers the seventh seed.

RPI swept the doubles, including a 9-7 win by freshmen Matt LaBarre and McKinley Grimes at No. 2, for a 3-0 lead. Sophomore Anthony Kim won at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 7-5, and junior Brandon Mazzara won his at No. 3, 6-0, 6-2,to close it out. The Engineers were leading in all three of the other singles matches that began, but they were unfinished due to Rensselaer reaching five points.

RPI plays third-seeded Vassar College, 5-0 winners over sixth-seeded Union College, on Saturday. The match will be held indoors at the University of Rochester at 2pm.

 

RIT vs RPI (May 02, 2014)

RPI 5, RIT 0
May 02, 2014 at Rochester, N.Y. (Goergen Athletic Center) 

Singles competition

1. Matt LaBarre (RPI) vs. Chandler Daub (RIT) 6-0, 2-2, unfinished

2. Jarrett Regier (RPI) vs. Amos Baptiste (RIT) 6-2, 3-1, unfinished

3. Brandon Mazzara (RPI) def. Jake Stocker (RIT) 6-0, 6-2

4. McKinley Grimes (RPI) vs. Ben Lynaugh (RIT) 5-2, unfinished

5. Sherman Uyeno (RPI) vs. Andrew Reiley (RIT) unfinished

6. Anthony Kim (RPI) def. Jason Alexander (RIT) 6-1, 7-5

 

Doubles competition

1. Jarrett Regier/Brandon Mazzara (RPI) def. Chandler Daub/Kevin Layer (RIT) 8-4

2. Matt LaBarre/McKinley Grimes (RPI) def. Amos Baptiste/Ben Lynaugh (RIT) 9-7

3. Sherman Uyeno/Graham Harris (RPI) def. Frank McGinn III/Ken Chou (RIT) 8-6

 

Match Notes

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (6,3)