ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT first-year Gabriel Escobar won the deciding match to help the Tigers to a 5-4 win over Daemen, Wednesday.
 
Escobar won the final two sets, 7-5, 6-2 to beat Juan Alvarez at fifth singles to seal the victory for the Tigers.
 
Junior Grahith Movva and first-year Anthony Lounder came back from a 3-5 deficit to beat Luis de Vuyst and Zachary LaPlante, 8-5 at third doubles.
 
Movva came back from a 2-4 first-set deficit to win 6-4 in a straight-set win over Alex Lumanog at first singles.
 
Lounder clinched his second point of the match with a straight-set victory over LaPlante at sixth singles, while junior Max Chang took down Lasse Mergens, 6-2, 6-0 at fourth singles.
 
RIT returns to action on Friday (Sept. 29) when the Tigers begin competition at the ITA Northeast Regional Championship at Drew University.