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No. 27 Men's Tennis Earns 8-1 Win Over Hobart

Box Score LATHAM, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team won all six singles matches - five in straight sets - and the No. 27 Engineers defeated Hobart College 8-1 in a Liberty League match at Tri-City Fitness. RPI improves to 7-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference, while the Statesmen fall to 8-5 and 0-1.

Freshman Aiden Drover-Mattinen bounced back from a loss at No. 1 doubles with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 1 singles to give RPI a 3-1 lead. Suhas Krishnan pulled the Engineers to a win from clinching the match with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 5 and Abraham Yohannes closed it out with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 4. Peter Lohrbach (No. 6) and Emilio Van Cotthem (No. 2) also won in two sets with Igor Visnevskij winning the last complete match in three (7-6, 2-6, 7-6).

RENSSELAER 8, HOBART
April 2, 2022 at Tri-City Fitness

1. Jeff Wright & Sean Pesin (HOB) def. Aiden Drover-Mattinen & Peter Lohrbach: 8-7
2. Igor Visnevskij & Max Safanov (RPI) def. Harry Lyu & Troy Steiner: 8-6
3. Suhas Krishnan & Eddie Wu (RPI) def. Thomas Shung & Jack Ledford: 8-3

1. Drover-Mattinen (RPI) def. Winter Fagerberg: 6-1, 6-0
2. Emilio Van Cotthem (RPI) def. Pesin: 6-4, 7-6
3. Visnevskij (RPI) def. Hyu: 7-6, 2-6, 7-6
4. Abraham Yohannes (RPI) def. Jacob Linares: 6-3, 6-0
5. Krishnan (RPI) def. Troy Steiner: 6-2, 6-0
6. Lohrbach (RPI) def. Hyat Oyer: 7-6, 6-1

Rensselaer is back in action on Sunday when it faces Vassar at 2pm at Tri-City Fitness. Hobart plays again on Wednesday against Rochester.
 
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Players Mentioned

Suhas Krishnan

Suhas Krishnan

6' 1"
Sophomore
Peter Lohrbach

Peter Lohrbach

6' 2"
Senior
Max Safanov

Max Safanov

6' 0"
Sophomore
Eddie Wu

Eddie Wu

6' 0"
Senior
Abraham Yohannes

Abraham Yohannes

5' 11"
Junior
Aiden Drover-Mattinen

Aiden Drover-Mattinen

6' 1"
Freshman
Emilio Van Cotthem

Emilio Van Cotthem

6' 0"
Freshman
Igor Visnevskij

Igor Visnevskij

6' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Suhas Krishnan

Suhas Krishnan

6' 1"
Sophomore
Peter Lohrbach

Peter Lohrbach

6' 2"
Senior
Max Safanov

Max Safanov

6' 0"
Sophomore
Eddie Wu

Eddie Wu

6' 0"
Senior
Abraham Yohannes

Abraham Yohannes

5' 11"
Junior
Aiden Drover-Mattinen

Aiden Drover-Mattinen

6' 1"
Freshman
Emilio Van Cotthem

Emilio Van Cotthem

6' 0"
Freshman
Igor Visnevskij

Igor Visnevskij

6' 4"
Freshman