Men's Tennis | 5/2/2015 9:53:00 PM

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ITHACA, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team swept the doubles and then saw No. 3 and No. 4 singles players Tristan Wise and Sherman Uyeno win their matches to give the Engineers a 5-1 win over Vassar College in the Liberty League Semifinals at the Reis Tennis Center. RPI, the second seed, advances to play top-seeded Skidmore College in the championship match on Sunday at 3pm. The winner earns an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

The Engineers have now won eight straight matches and improve to 14-3. 
 

Vassar vs RPI (May 02, 2015)

RPI 5, Vassar 1
May 02, 2015 at Ithaca, N.Y. (Reis Tennis Center) 

Singles competition

1. McKinley Grimes (RPI) vs. Nick Litsky (VAS) 4-6, 1-4, unfinished

2. Daniel Cooper (VAS) def. Brandon Mazzara (RPI) 6-1, 6-0

3. Tristan Wise (RPI) def. Christian Phelps (VAS) 6-3, 6-2

4. Sherman Uyeno (RPI) def. Evan Udine (VAS) 6-1, 6-2

5. Alain Grullon Gonzalez (RPI) vs. Juan Felipe Laso (VAS) 6-4, 2-1, unfinished

6. Stephen Baxter (RPI) vs. Jeffrey Gerwin (VAS) 7-6 (7-2), unfinished

 

Doubles competition

1. McKinley Grimes/Brandon Mazzara (RPI) def. Nick Litsky/Daniel Cooper (VAS) 8-6

2. Tristan Wise/Alain Grullon Gonzalez (RPI) def. Christian Phelps/Alexander Luckmann (VAS) 8-4

3. Sherman Uyeno/Graham Harris (RPI) def. Evan Udine/Juan Felipe Laso (VAS) 8-2

 

Match Notes

Vassar 9-10; Regional ranking #19

RPI 14-3; Regional ranking #14

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,3,4)

Official: Thomas; Nabinger T-2:30