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ITHACA, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team won all thre doubles matches and then the first two singles matches to defeat St. Lawrence University, 5-0, and advance to the Liberty League Championship Match on Sunday at 10am. The third-seeded Engineers, who have won four straight matches, face top-seeded Skidmore College in Sunday's final. The winner earns an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

At the Reis Tennis Center, sophomore Tristan Wise and senior Sherman Uyeno both posted 2-0 records. After partnering for a 9-7 win at No. 1 doubles and a 3-0 lead, they won at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively. Uyeno put the Engineers ahead 4-0 with a 6-1, 6-4 victory at No. 2 and Wise clinched the contest with a 7-5, 6-1 win at No. 1. The singles win was the seventh in a row for Wise.

In the other doubles matches, seniors Graham Harris and Alain Grullon Gonzalez posted an 8-1 win at No. 2 and Suryansh Patel, a freshman, and Anthony Kim, a senior, won 8-5.

Skidmore advanced to the final with a 5-0 win over fourth-seeded Hobart College. 

RPI 5, St. Lawrence 0
May 07, 2016 at Ithaca, N.Y. (Reis Tennis Center) 

Singles competition

1. Tristan Wise (RPI) def. Dean Sponholz (SLU) 7-5, 6-1

2. Sherman Uyeno (RPI) def. Robert Schmitz (SLU) 6-1, 6-4

3. Paul Barrett (SLU) vs. Alain Grullon Gonzalez (RPI) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished

4. Kevin Frommer (SLU) vs. Stephen Baxter (RPI) 6-4, 2-5, unfinished

5. Marco Amendola (SLU) vs. Anthony Kim (RPI) 3-6, 5-2, unfinished

6. Spencer Whitmire (SLU) vs. Suryansh Patel (RPI) 6-1, 5-2, unfinished

 

Doubles competition

1. Sherman Uyeno/Tristan Wise (RPI) def. Robert Schmitz/Elliot Solandt (SLU) 9-7

2. Graham Harris/Alain Grullon Gonzalez (RPI) def. Dean Sponholz/Spencer Whitmire (SLU) 8-1

3. Anthony Kim/Suryansh Patel (RPI) def. Paul Barrett/Garrett Sopko (SLU) 8-5

 

Match Notes

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

Official: F. Thomas, K. Hetsko