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ORLANDO, Fla. - Sophomores Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez and Zack Ebenfeld and freshman Brian Niguidula each earned wins in doubles and all three Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes went on to win in singles to lead the Engineers to a 7-2 win over Post University in a non-league match at the USTA National Campus. RPI improves to 4-1 and Post drops to 0-4.

Under ominous skies, Rensselaer won each of the three doubles matches before capturing four of the six singles. Castillo-Sanchez and Andrew Imrie won 8-2 at No. 1, Ebenfield and McKinley Grimes captured No. 2, 8-4, and Niguidula and Tristan Wise took No. 3, 9-7.

Castillo-Sanchez then defeated Nikola Crvelin, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 1 with Niguidula coming back to beat Sam Urban at No. 3 (4-6, 6-2, 10-5) and Ebenfeld taking a 6-0, 6-1 decision.

RENSSELAER 7, POST UNIVERSITY 2
March 12, 2018
USTA National Campus

DOUBLES
1. Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez & Andrew Imrie (RPI) def. Ivan Rajevac & Sam Urban: 8-2
2. Zack Ebenfeld & McKinley Grimes (RPI) def. Nikola Crvelin & Joe Alvord: 8-4
3. Brian Niguidula & Tristan Wise (RPI) def. Jonathan Compres & Peter Rossel: 9-7

SINGLES
1. Castillo-Sanchez (RPI) def. Crvelin: 6-4, 6-2
2. Clay Thompson (RPI) def. Compres: 7-5, 6-3
3. Niguidula (RPI) def. Rajevac: 4-6, 6-2, 10-5
4. Urban (POST) def. Grimes: 6-4, 6-4
5. Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Ludvig Henrikson: 6-0, 6-1
6. Alvord (POST) def. Suryansh Patel: 6-0, 6-1