Box Score LATHAM, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team began its spring semester season by hosting the University of Rochester and the No. 26 Engineers suffered a 5-4 loss to the Yellowjackets in a match at Tri-City Fitness. RPI falls to 0-1, while the U of R is now 2-0.

Rochester jumped out to a 3-0 lead by winning each of the doubles matches, including two by 8-6 scores. The Engineers battled to take four of the six singles matches, but it was not enough and the visitors prevailed.

ROCHESTER 5, RENSSELAER 4
February 8, 2019
Tri-City Fitness in Latham, NY

DOUBLES
1.) Masaru Fujimaki & Fang (ROC) def. Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez & Andrew Imrie: 8-6
2.) Sahaj Somani & Pasquale Procaccino (ROC) def. Brian Niguidula & Dylan Payne: 8-3
3.) Tanmay Thakkar & Yifan Shen (ROC) def. Yudai Teruyama & Eddie Wu: 8-6

SINGLES
1.) Fujimaki (ROC) def. Castillo-Sanchez: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
2.) Niguidula (RPI) def. Shen: 6-4, 6-1
3.) Payne (RPI) def. Thakkar: 4-6, 6-4, 11-9
4.) Somani (ROC) def. Clay Thompson: 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
5.) Imrie (RPI) def. Procaccino: 7-6 (8), 6-3
6.) Teruyama (RPI) def. Peter Huang: 6-0, 6-1