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Perry Laskaris '07
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Winner Occidental OCC
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Kevin Beattie, Associate Athletic Director

No. 22 Men's Tennis Dropped by No. 36 Tigers

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The No. 22 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's tennis team won two of three double matches, but the Engineers could not hold off No. 36 Occidental College in singles as the Engineers dropped a 5-4 decision to the Tigers. RPI falls to 2-3 overall, while Oxy is now 5-2.

After each of the doubles were decided without tiebreakers, four of the singles matches went to third sets with Rensselaer going 2-2 in such contests. Senior Abraham Yohannes was victorious at No. 3 - after having earned a point in doubles with Igor Visnevskij - with a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 win. Bryce Burnham also had two wins for the visitors with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 singles triumph after an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles with Max Safanov.

DOUBLES
1. Matt O'Connor & Seth Lipe (OXY) def. Aiden Drover-Mattinen & Any Zhu: 8-4
2. Igor Visnevskij & Abraham Yohannes (RPI) def. Ronald Chen & Ace Andres: 8-5
3. Max Safanov & Bryce Burnham (RPI) def. Isaac Herrenkohl & Brett Miller: 8-4

SINGLES
1. O'Connor (OXY) def. Drover-Mattinen: 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Chen (OXY) def. Zhu: 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
3. Yohannes (RPI) def. Andres: 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
4. Michael Abogyen (OXY) def. Visnevskij: 6-3, 6-2
5. Burnham (RPI) def. Zach Haas: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
6. Quentin Kemna (OXY) def. Jonathan McMillan: 7-6 (3), 6-3

 
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