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Men's tennis drops match to Liberty League foe Rensselaer

Kelsie Redburn

Men's Tennis | 2/25/2018 6:16:00 PM

ROCHESTER, NY - The RIT men's tennis team (2-5, 0-3 Liberty League) suffered a 9-0 loss to Liberty League rival Rensselaer (2-0, 1-0 Liberty League) at Midtown Athletic Club on Sunday afternoon.

Rensselaer opened the match with three decisive doubles victories. At second singles, Andre Imrie and Ben Lynaugh (Fairport, NY/Fairport) waged a tremendous match. Lynaugh won the first set, 6-3, before Imrie won set two, 6-2. The third set went to a tiebreaker before Imrie emerged victorious. Spencer Lowitt (Syosset, NY/Syosset) took RPI's Zack Ebenfield to the limit before falling in a first set tiebreaker and 6-4 in the second set.

RIT is back in action on Saturday, March 3 at 2 p.m. against Alfred University at the Gordon Field House.

Players Mentioned

Spencer Lowitt

Spencer Lowitt

5' 7"
Sophomore
Ben Lynaugh

Ben Lynaugh

5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Spencer Lowitt

Spencer Lowitt

5' 7"
Sophomore
Ben Lynaugh

Ben Lynaugh

5' 10"
Senior