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ORLANDO, Fla. - The doubles tandem of McKinley Grimes and Zack Ebenfeld won at No. 2 and then both individuals captured their singles matches as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team defeated No. 39 Stevens Institute of Technology, 7-2, in a non-league match at Lake Cane Tennis Center. The win was the fifth in six decisions for the Engineers, while the Ducks fall to 1-5.

Grimes, a senior, and Ebenfeld, a sophomore, posted an 8-4 victory in doubles to help RPI break out to a 3-0 lead heading into singles. Playing No. 5, Grimes defeated Mark Kanevsky, 7-5, 6-4, while Ebenfeld beat Gabe Sifuentes at No. 6 by the same score.

Of the other four singles matches, three of them went to third sets with the Ducks winning two of the three.

RENSSELAER 7, STEVENS 2
Lake Cane Tennis Center in Orlando, Fla.
March 13, 2018

DOUBLES
1. Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez & Andrew Imrie (RPI) def. Danny Polk & Will Persson: 8-5
2. McKinley Grimes & Zack Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Kyle Henry & Bryan Szayna: 8-4
3. Tristan Wise & Brian Niguidula (RPI) def. David Schulz & Gabe Sifuentes: 9-7

SINGLES
1. Castillo-Sanchez (RPI) def. Persson: 6-4, 6-4
2. Polk (STE) def. Imrie: 1-6, 6-3 (10-8)
3. Clay Thompson (RPI) def. Schulz: 6-2, 3-6 (10-8)
4. Henry (STE) def. Niguidula: 2-6, 7-5 (10-6)
5. Grimes (RPI) def. Mark Kanevsky: 7-5, 6-4
6. Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Sifuentes: 7-5, 6-4