Box Score TROY, N.Y. - Paced by Nos. 3-6 singles dropping only three games among them, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team swept Ithaca College 9-0 and the No. 29 Engineers improved to 13-2 overall and 8-0 in the Liberty League. RPI has now won 11 consecutive matches as it now prepares for the conference playoffs in the first week of May. The Bombers drop to 7-8 overall and 1-5 in the league.
Junior
Abraham Yohannes had a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles, sophomore
Suhas Krishnan triumphed by the same score at No. 4, freshman
Bryce Burnham had a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 5 and senior
Eddie Wu earned a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 6 to lead Rensselaer. Krishnan and Wu also combined for an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles - two of three from the Engineers with multiple victories. Freshman
Aiden Drover-Mattinen partnered with senior
Peter Lohrbach to win at No. 1 doubles and then had a win at No. 1 singles.
RENSSELAER 9, ITHACA 0
Sharp Courts in Troy, N.Y.
Saturday, April 23, 2022
DOUBLES
1.
Aiden Drover-Mattinen &
Peter Lohrbach (RPI) def. Minos Stavrakas & Artem Khaybullin: 8-6
2.
Igor Visnevskij &
Max Safanov (RPI) def. Jacob Wachs & Luis Vega: 8-3
3.
Suhas Krishnan &
Eddie Wu (RPI) def. Deon Kraft & Max Sobel: 8-3
SINGLES
1. Drover-Mattinen (RPI) def. Vega: 6-2, 6-2
2.
Emilio Van Cotthem (RPI) def. Stavrakas: 6-4, 6-2
3.
Abraham Yohannes (RPI) def. Kraft: 6-0, 6-0
4. Krishnan (RPI) def. Khaybullin: 6-0, 6-0
5.
Bryce Burnham (RPI) def. Wachs: 6-1, 6-1
6. Wu (RPI) def. Sobel: 6-0, 6-1
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