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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis kicks off 2024 spring season with 8-1 win over Oneonta

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - RIT junior Grahith Movva clinched the deciding point to lead the Tigers to an 8-1 win over Oneonta, Saturday.

DOUBLES:
  • Movva and first year Alec Turcotte teamed up to beat August LePique and William Schmid, 8-5 at first doubles.
  • Junior Joel Pho and first year Luke Weber defeated Chris Chippari and Brayden Stuart, 8-3 at second doubles.
  • First year Anthony Lounder and junior Verosh Jayanetti completed the doubles sweep with an 8-4 win over Noah Khair and Zachary Blaakman.

SINGLES:
  • Movva clinched the match for the Tigers with a 6-1, 6-4 win over LePique at first singles.
  • Turcotte came back from a 1-4 deficit to win the second set, 6-4 en route to a straight-sets win at second singles.
  • Pho lost just one game in his win at fourth singles, while junior Max Chang was a 7-5, 6-3 winner over Khair at fifth singles.
  • First year Gabriel Escobar defeated Zachary Blaakman, 6-0, 6-1 at sixth singles.

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Sunday (Feb. 11) against Rochester at 3:00 p.m. at the Midtown Athletic Club.