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Andrew Imrie
Perry Laskaris '07
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Winner Rensselaer RPIMT (2-0)
0
Rochester URM (1-2)
Winner
Rensselaer RPIMT
(2-0)
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Final
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Rochester URM
(1-2)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Kevin Beattie, Associate Athletic Director

Men's Tennis Beats Rochester to Move to 2-0

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The No. 34 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team saw six student-athletes go 2-0 and the Engineers swept the No. 37 University of Rochester 9-0 in a non-league road match. Rensselaer improves to 2-0, while the Yellowjackets drop to 1-1.

Though it won all nine matches, RPI did have to win third sets and tiebreakers, including two by Zack Ebenfeld. He and playing partner Eddie Wu captured No. 2 doubles 8-7 (2) and the senior closed out the match with a 7-6 (5), 3-6, 11-9 win at No. 5 singles. Freshman Abraham Yohannes went to a third set at No. 4, winning 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (5) and sophomore Yudai Teruyama won 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 at No. 3.

Doubles:
1st - Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez / Andrew Imrie (RPI) d. Yifan Shen / Charlie Fang - 8-5
2nd - Zack Ebenfeld / Eddie Wu (RPI) d. Pasquale Procaccino / Matt Resnikoff - 8-7 (2)
3rd - Abraham Yohannes  / Yudai Teruyama (RPI) d. Tanmay Thakkar / Michael Rudin - 8-2

Singles:
1st - S. Castillo-Sanchez (RPI) d. C. Fang - 6-2, 6-2
2nd - A. Imrie (RPI) d. Y. Shen - 7-5, 6-4
3rd - Y. Teruyama (RPI) d. T. Thakkar - 6-4, 6-3, 10-6
4th - A. Yohannes (RPI) d. P. Procaccino - 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
5th - Z. Ebenfeld (RPI) d. Kai Yuminaga - 7-6 (5), 3-6, 11-9
6th - E. Wu (RPI) d. M. Resnikoff - 6-0, 7-5
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