TROY, N.Y. – The RPI men's tennis team swept doubles play before earning four singles victories to secure a 5-2 Liberty League win over Bard today at Sharp Courts.
The Engineers opened the match by taking all three doubles contests to claim the doubles point.
Cade Collingwood and
Aiden Atri earned a 6-2 victory over Nicholas Oh and Peter Trimble at No. 1, while
Debarshi Sen and
Archyut Ravindran defeated Blake Kendall and Jackson Brent, 6-1, at No. 2.
Nikhil Deshpande and
Roy Ciurinskas completed the doubles sweep at No. 3, turning in a 6-0 victory against Daniel Hsu and Ciaran Chamberlain.
RPI carried its momentum into singles action, beginning with Atri's convincing win at No. 2. Atri surrendered just one game in a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Brent.
Ravindran added another straight-set result at No. 4, defeating Hsu 6-2, 6-0, while Deshpande cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Kendall at No. 5.
Ciurinskas rounded out the Engineers' singles victories with a flawless performance at No. 6, defeating Chamberlain 6-0, 6-0.
Bard earned its two points at the top and third singles positions. Collingwood took the opening set against Oh at No. 1 before Oh rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 victory. At No. 3, Trimble defeated Sen 6-2, 6-1.