LGR! Golf Tournament (May 8)
TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team posted wins in all nine matches to sweep Union College for its sixth win in the last seven matches. RPI improves to 10-6 on the season and 5-1 in the Liberty League, clinching a place in the conference post-season tournament. The Dutchmen fall to 5-12 and 1-5.
The Engineers eased to victory at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles before the No. 3 team of
Xavier Oshinowo and
Alex Lee won in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (4).
Each of the six singles matches were won in straight sets, including 6-1, 6-1 wins by
Zack Ebenfeld at No. 3 and
Suryansh Patel at No. 5. No. 6 singles was the closest of the afternoon with RPI'sÂ
Gabe Osio winning in a pair of tiebreakers, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (8).
Rensselaer finishes the regular season on Sunday at Hobart College in a match that could determine the second and third seeds in the four-team Liberty League Tournament.
RENSSELAER 9, UNION 0
April 26 at Sharp Courts
1.
Zack Ebenfeld &
Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez (RPI) def. Ian Bank & Zach Kaplan: 8-1
2.
Sundar Devakottai &
Winston Yu (RPI) def. David Bond & Max McGeown: 8-1
3.
Xavier Oshinowo &
Alex Lee (RPI) def. Justin Gold & Del Schunk: 9-8 (4)
1. Oshinowo (RPI) def. Kaplan: 6-3, 6-2
2. Castillo-Sanchez (RPI) def. Schunk: 6-2, 6-1
3. Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Bond: 6-1, 6-1
4. Yu (RPI) def. David Brown: 6-1, 6-3
5.
Suryansh Patel (RPI) def. Gold: 6-1, 6-1
6.
Gabe Osio (RPI) def. McGeown: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (8)
ORDER OF FINISH: 1, 2, 3 ... 2, 5*, 3, 4, 1, 6