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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team won three third sets and the Engineers defeated Vassar College, 6-3, in a Liberty League contest for its fifth straight victory.

RPI, which is now 9-5 overall and 4-1 in the conference, held a 2-1 lead after doubles, but dropped four of the six first sets in singles. The Brewers, who are now 9-7 and 2-2, tied the score at 2-2 with a win at No. 1, but a come-from-behind, three-set win by Tristan Wise at No. 3, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, and a straight set win by Zack Ebenfeld at No. 4, 6-2, 7-5, put the visitors ahead 4-2. 

Vassar earned a third set win at No. 5, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, to get to within one, but freshman Xavier Oshinowo completed his comeback at No. 2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, to clinch the match. Senior Stephen Baxter won at No. 6 in three sets, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 for the final margin.

RPI, which is in second place in the Liberty League standings, plays at out of conference foe MIT on Friday at 4pm.

RENSSELAER 6, VASSAR 3
Josselyn Tennis Courts in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

1. Tristan Wise & Xavier Oshinowo (RPI) def. Jeremy Auh & Alexander Luckmann: 8-3
2. Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez & Zack Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Allen Sokolov & Juan-Felipe Laso: 8-4
3. Nick Litsky & Nick Zuczek (VAS) def. Sundar Devakottai & Winston Yu: 8-5

1. Litsky (VAS) def. Castillo-Sanchez: 6-0, 6-4
2. Oshinowo (RPI) def. Sokolov: 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
3. Wise (RPI) def. Laso: 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
4. Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Jamie Anderson: 6-2, 7-5
5. Auh (VAS) def. Yu: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
6. Stephen Baxter (RPI) def. Luckmann: 7-5, 1-6, 6-4

ORDER OF FINISH: 2, 1, 3 ... 1, 3, 4, 5, 2*, 6