CANTON, N.Y. - Five student-athletes posted two victories each as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team traveled to St. Lawrence University and defeated the Saints 8-1 in a Liberty League contest. RPI improves to 2-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference, while the Saints drop to 2-5 and 2-4.
The Engineers swept the three doubles matches with the closest contest coming at No. 1, which was won by
Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez and
Andrew Imrie. That duo then won at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, with Imrie taking the second set in a tiebreak, 4-2, 5-4 (7-4). The singles matches were played using abbreviated scoring.Â
Peter Lohrbach and
Brian Niguidula, who combined to win at No. 2 doubles, both earned singles victories with Lohrbach notching a straight set win.
The Engineers are scheduled to be back on the road on Thursday at 4pm at Hobart College. St. Lawrence travels to Geneva to play the Statesmen on Saturday.