TROY, N.Y. – The Union College men's tennis team dropped an 8-1 match to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, ranked 35th in the latest Oracle/ITA Division III Men's Rankings, in Liberty League action on Tuesday evening at the Sharp Courts.
Junior
David Bond picked up the lone win of the day for Union (5-7, 2-4 Liberty League), posting a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Suryansh Patel at sixth singles.
Three players earned a pair of wins each for RPI (7-6, 5-1 Liberty League), which jumped out to a 3-0 lead after sweeping the doubles matches and then took the top-five singles flights.
The Dutchmen will play on the home courts for the final time this season next Friday, April 26, when the team hosts St. Lawrence University at 3 p.m.
Doubles
1. Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez & Andrew Imrie (RPI) def.
Ioannis Binopoulos and
David Bond: 8-3
2. Dylan Payne & Zack Ebenfeld (RPI) def.
Austin Egna &
Max Egna: 8-4
3. Clay Thompson & Brian Niguidula (RPI) def.
Cameron Klepper &
Nick Weitzman: 8-1
Singles
1. Castillo-Sanchez (RPI) def. Binopoulos: 6-2, 6-2
2. Thompson (RPI) def. Klepper: 6-3, 6-4
3. Imrie (RPI) def.
Del Schunk: 6-3, 6-0
4. Yudai Teruyama (RPI) def. M. Egna: 6-0, 6-1
5. Eddie Wu (RPI) def. A. Egna: 6-1, 6-1
6. Bond (UNION) def. Suryansh Patel: 6-3, 6-3
