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LA MIRADA, Calif. – Pacific University won all three doubles matches and five of six singles and the Boxers defeated the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team, 8-1, at the Biola University Tennis Center. Pacific improved to 10-2, while the Engineers fall to 6-3.

Brennon Faith and Grayson Frazier improved to 9-2 on the season with a hard-fought 9-7 win over McKinley Grimes and Brandon Mazzara at No. 1. Giancarlo Battaglia paired with Jason Voss for the second time this season and won for the second time, taking an 8-6 win from Tristan Wise and Alain Grullon Gonzalez at No. 2.  Clark Wininger and Oscar Wight completed the doubles sweep with an 8-4 win over Sherman Uyeno and Graham Harris at No. 3, improving to 9-3 on the year.
 
Battaglia went to 9-2 on the season in singles with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Grimes at No. 1. Faith followed with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Mazzara at No. 2 while Frazier knocked off Wise 6-3, 6-2 to improve to 8-3 on the year.  Wininger survived a three-set affair at No. 4, coming back from a set down to beat Grullon Gonzalez 3-6, 6-2, 10-5. Uyeno scored RPI's lone win of the evening, going three sets to beat Josh Bernstein 3-6, 6-2, 10-5. Reuben Mulhern was also a winner at No. 6, beating Stephen Baxter 6-3, 7-5.  

Rensselaer plays George Fox University on Tuesday at the Anaheim Hills Country Club (3pm).
 

Pacific University Tennis
RPI vs Pacific (Ore.) (3/23/15)

Pacific (Ore.) 8, RPI 1
3/23/15 at La Mirada, Calif. (Biola Univ. Tennis Center) 

Singles competition

1. Battaglia, Giancarlo (PAC) def. Grimes, McKinley (RPI) 6-4, 6-0

2. Faith, Brennan (PAC) def. Mazzara, Brandon (RPI) 6-0, 6-1

3. Frazier, Grayson (PAC) def. Wise, Tristan (RPI) 6-3, 6-2

4. Wininger, Clark (PAC) def. Grullon Gonzalez, A. (RPI) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5)

5. Uyeno, Sherman (RPI) def. Bernstein, Josh (PAC) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5)

6. Mulhern, Reuben (PAC) def. Baxter, Stephen (RPI) 6-3, 7-5

 

Doubles competition

1. Faith, Brennan/Frazier, Grayson (PAC) def. Grimes, McKinley/Mazzara, Brandon (RPI) 9-7

2. Battaglia, Giancarlo/Voss, Jason (PAC) def. Wise, Tristan/Grullon Gonzalez, A. (RPI) 8-6

3. Wight, Oscar/Wininger, Clark (PAC) def. Uyeno, Sherman/Harris, Graham (RPI) 8-4

 

Match Notes

RPI 5-3; Regional ranking #15

Pacific (Ore.) 10-2; Regional ranking #10