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Tyler Hulse
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RIT RIT (5-4 (1-5 Liberty))
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Winner Skidmore College SKID (5-6 (4-1 Liberty))
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Skidmore College SKID
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men’s Tennis falls at Skidmore, 8-1

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The RIT men's tennis team fell at Skidmore, 8-1, in Liberty League action Sunday.

Senior Carter Casimir and freshman Joel Pho lost 8-3 in second doubles to Brendan Jimenez and Zachary Portnoy to give Skidmore a 1-0 lead. Senior Jake Wolicki and graduate student Jacob Meyerson fell 8-2 in first doubles to Sergiu Celebidachi and John Rado, before freshmen Christian Berko and Grahith Movva took an 8-7 (7-5) win in third doubles over Connor Biernat and Tristan Thiebaut to make it 2-1 heading into singles play.

In singles play, both RIT's first and second singles players fell by 6-3, 6-2 scores with Berko at first singles against Portnoy and Movva at second singles against Rado. Wolicki fell in third singles by 6-1 and 6-2 scores to Celebidachi. In fourth singles, Pho lost 6-2, 6-0, to Jimenez. Freshman Max Chang fell in fifth singles to Thiebaut, 6-4, 6-2. Casimir dropped a pair of 6-0 sets to Biernat in sixth singles to complete the scoring.

Men's Tennis next hosts Niagara on Tuesday, March 29 at 3 p.m. in a non-conference match at the Gordon Field House.