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WALTHAM, Mass. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team went toe-to-toe with No. 20 Brandeis University, but the Engineers came out on the wrong end of an extremely close match, 5-3. Two of the doubles matches went to tiebreaks and three of the singles matches needed third sets. The sixth singles was not completed because the match was played to decision.

In doubles, Rensselaer's No. 3 team of Tristan Wise and Brian Niguidula tied the match at 1-1 with a dramatic 9-8 (3) victory. Brandeis won the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles for a 2-1 lead going into singles.

The Judges made it a 3-1 edge with a win at No. 3, but RPI's Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez followed with a win at No. 1, 7-5, 6-4, before Brandeis won at No. 2 singles in three sets. A victory at No. 5 singles, also in three sets, sealed the win for the home team.

Brandeis vs. RPI March 9, 2018
			Match Score
		#20	Brandeis	5
			RPI	3
Doubles			Players		Score	Order
1	Brandeis		Aizenberg / Coramutla		9(7)	1
	RPI		Castillo-Sanchez / Imrie		8(3)
2	Brandeis		Ng / Wolfe		8	3
	RPI		Grimes / Ebenfeld		6
3	Brandeis		Das / Vohra		8(3)	2
	RPI		Wise / Niguidula		9(7)
Singles								Order
1	Brandeis		David Aizenberg		5	4		2
	RPI		Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez		7	6
2	Brandeis		Anupreeth Coramutla		6	6(1)	6	3
	RPI		Andrew Imrie		4	7(7)	3
3	Brandeis		Rajan Vohra		6	6		1
	RPI		Clay Thompson		0	1
4	Brandeis		Tyler Ng		7(12)	6(7)	6	5
	RPI		Brian Niguidula		6(10)	7(9)	10
5	Brandeis		Nikhil Das		6	2	7	4
	RPI		Mckinley Grimes		2	6	5
6	Brandeis		Ben Wolfe		3	1		unfinished
	RPI		Zach Ebenfeld		6	2