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TROY, N.Y. - The No. 27 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team hosted No. 15 Tufts University in a non-league match on Sharp Courts and the Jumbos won two doubles matches and four in singles to defeat the Engineers, 6-3. The loss snapped a five-match winning streak for RPI, which is now 12-3. Tufts improves to 8-5.
Rensselaer got a victory at No. 1 doubles as
Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez and
Andrew Imrie scored an 8-6 win. In singles, freshmen
Clay Thompson at No. 3 and
Brian Niguidula at No. 4 were both successful.
No. 15 TUFTS 6, No. 27 RENSSELAER 3
Sharp Courts
April 21, 2018
SINGLES
1. Boris Sorkin (TUFTS) def.
Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez: 6-1, 6-3
2. Nathan Niemiec (TUFTS) def.
Andrew Imrie: 6-4, 6-0
3.
Clay Thompson (RPI) def. Carl-Herman Grant: 4-6, 6-2 (10-8)
4.
Brian Niguidula (RPI) def. Zach Shaff: 6-1, 1-6, 6-2
5. Danny Coran (TUFTS) def.
McKinley Grimes: 6-3, 6-3
6. Ben Biswas (TUFTS) def.
Zack Ebenfeld: 6-4, 6-2
DOUBLES
1. Castillo-Sanchez & Imrie (RPI) def. Sorkin & Grant: 8-6
2. Shaff & Niemiec (TUFTS) def. Grimes & Ebenfeld: 8-6
3. Biswas & Coran (TUFTS) def. Thompson & Niguidula: 8-3