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ORLANDO, Fla. - Freshman Xavier Oshinowo won a super tiebreaker at No. 2 singles to break a 4-4 tie and give the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) a 5-4 victory over Franklin & Marshall College in a non-league match at the USTA National Campus. 

Oshinowo won the first set in a tiebreak, 7-6 (1) before his opponent, Isaac Salas bounced back for a 6-3 win in the second. The match went to a third set super tiebreak, which Oshinowo pulled out while playing in a drizzle, 10-5. The match was delayed twice due to rain.

RPI jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles, including a tiebreak victory at No. 2 by Tristan Wise and Winston Yu. The Diplomats gained the lead, 4-2, with wins at No. 3,  No. 4 and No. 6 singles, but the Engineers won the final three for the overall victory. They are now 4-0, while F&M is 0-2.

RENSSELAER 5, FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 4
USTA Campus in Orlando, Fla.
March 13, 2017

1. Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez & Zack Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Jack Rothman & Inigo Flores: 8-6 
2. Tristan Wise & Winston Yu (RPI) def. Isaac Salas & Andrew Pace: 9-8 (4)
3. Zack Levin & Will Samuels (F&M) def. Xavier Oshinowo & Sundar Devakottai: 8-0

1. Castillo-Sanchez (RPI) def. Rothman: 6-2, 7-5
2. Oshinowo (RPI) def. Salas: 7-6 (1), 3-6, 10-5
3. Levin (F&M) def. Wise: 4-3 (retired) 
4. Flores (F&M) def. Yu: 6-1, 6-1
5. Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Samuels: 6-1, 7-5
6. Pace (F&M) def. Suryansh Patel: 6-4, 6-4

Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2 ... 3, 4, 6, 5, 1, 2*