TROY, N.Y. - Eight different student-athletes had at least one victory and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team defeated Union College 8-1 in a Liberty League contest on Sharp Courts. The No. 35 Engineers improve to 7-6 overall and 5-1 in the conference, while the Dutchmen fall to 5-7 and 2-4.

RPI opened with three wins in doubles, including an 8-1 victory at No. 3 by Clay Thompson and Brian Niguidula. Thompson went on to win at No. 2 singles (6-3, 6-0) with Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez (6-2, 6-2) and Andrew Imrie (6-3, 6-0) also picking up their second wins of the day. 

Freshman Yudai Teruyama won at No. 4 (6-0, 6-1) and classmate Eddie Wu captured No. 5 (6-1, 6-1).

Rensselaer closes out the regular season with matches at No. 33 Hobart College on Friday (4pm) and Ithaca College on Saturday (2pm).

RENSSELAER 8, UNION 1
April 16, 2019 at Sharp Courts

DOUBLES
1. Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez & Andrew Imrie (RPI) def. Ioannis Binopoulos and David Bond: 8-3
2. Dylan Payne & Zack Ebenfeld (RPI) def. Austin Egna & Max Egna: 8-4
3. Clay Thompson & Brian Niguidula (RPI) def. Cameron Klepper & Nick Weitzman: 8-1

SINGLES
1. Castillo-Sanchez (RPI) def. Binopoulos: 6-2, 6-2
2. Thompson (RPI) def. Klepper: 6-3, 6-4
3. Imrie (RPI) def. Del Schunk: 6-3, 6-0
4. Yudai Teruyama (RPI) def. M. Egna: 6-0, 6-1
5. Eddie Wu (RPI) def. A. Egna: 6-1, 6-1
6. Bond (UNION) def. Suryansh Patel: 6-3, 6-3