LGR! Golf Tournament (May 8)
LATHAM, N.Y. - In two matches, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team won every game without dropping a set in defeating Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Bard College in Liberty League contests at Tri-City Fitness. The Engineers, who improve to 7-5 overall and 3-1 in the Liberty League, got contributions from up and down their roster.
In the two matches,
Xavier Oshinowo won both of his matches while playing at the top of the lineup. At No. 2, he defeated his opponent from RIT, a junior, 6-4, 6-1, before playing No. 1 against Bard and winning, 6-2, 6-2, over a sophomore.
Rensselaer's No. 1 doubles team,
Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez and
Zack Ebenfeld went 2-0, defeating their competitors from RIT, 8-6, before downing opponents from Bard, 8-2.
RPI 9, RIT 0
Tri-City Fitness
1.
Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez &
Zack Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Chandler Daub & Ben Lynaugh: 8-6
2.
Tristan Wise &
Xavier Oshinowo (RPI) def. Jared Ingoglia & Patrick Matthews: 8-4
3.
Sundar Devakottai &
Winston Yu (RPI) def. Roger Peckham & Ian Danserciu: 8-6
1. Castillo-Sanchez (RPI) def. Daub: 6-3, 6-0
2. Oshinowo (RPI) def. Ingoglia: 6-4, 6-1
3. Wise (RPI) def. Lynaugh: 6-3. 6-2
4. Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Spencer Lowitt: 6-0, 6-1
5. Yu (RPI) def. Matthews: 6-4, 6-1
6. Devakottai (RPI) def. Peters: 6-2, 6-4
ORDER OF FINISH: 2, 3, 1 ... 4, 1*, 3, 5, 2, 6)
RPI 9, Bard 0
Tri-City Fitness
1.
Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez &
Zack Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Satchel Fisher & Nicholas George: 8-2
2.
Suryansh Patel &
Alex Lee (RPI) def. Immanuel Zion & David Mamukelashvili: 8-3
3.
Stephen Baxter &
Gabe Osio (RPI) def. Miguel Garchitorena & Matthew Robinson-Wrobel: 8-0
1. Oshinowo (RPI) def. Fisher: 6-2, 6-2
2. Wise (RPI) def. Mamukelashvili: 6-0, 6-1
3. Yu (RPI) def. George: 6-1, 6-1
4. Patel (RPI) def. Zion: 6-0, 6-0
5. Devakottai (RPI) def. Garchitorena: 6-0, 6-0
6. Lee (RPI) def. Robinson-Wrobel: 6-0, 6-0
ORDER OF FINISH: 3, 1, 2 ... 6, 5*, 2, 3, 4, 1
Rensselaer returns to the court on Friday when it hosts Stevens Institute of Technology at Sharp Courts in Troy (3pm).