Box Score LATHAM, NY – The Vassar men's tennis team shouldered a tough 8-1 loss to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Liberty League action on Sunday afternoon at Tri-City Fitness Club. The 27th-ranked Engineers move to 8-2 overall and 3-0 in league action, while the Brewers are now 5-6 and 2-2 in the Liberty League.

Doubles action got things going as RPI's Eddie Wu and Suhas Krishnan posted an 8-2 win over Vassar senior Mihajlo Ivanovic and sophomore Arun Guruswamy from three. Next off was flight two as Maximilian Safanov and Igor Visnevskij narrowly bested Brewers' sophomores Benjamin Almquist and Jay Wong.

Rounding out the action was the first flight as RPI's Aiden Drover-Mattinen and Peter Lorbach recorded a narrow 8-7 (9-7) win against Vassar senior Mathew Yee and rookie Arnav Agostinho.

In singles action, the Engineers moved the score to 4-0 as Drover-Mattinen notched a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Wong from the first flight. Four saw Krishnan record a 6-2, 6-3 win against Agostinho to seal the match win.

Next off was two as Emilio Van Cotthem posted a 6-2, 6-1 win against Yee, while six saw Bryce Burnham had a 6-3, 6-0 victory against Brewers' sophomore Nihal Kothari. Five saw a battle between Lohrbach and Ivanovic. First set went in a 6-4 favor to Lohrbach, while second set was a 6-4 win for the Brewers' senior. Locked in a tie, Lohrbach sealed the win with a 6-3 third set win for the 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory.

The Brewers point came from three as Almquist garnered the win with a 6-4, 6-4 score over Yohannes.

Vassar returns to action next Saturday when it hosts Ithaca College in Liberty League play at 1pm on Josselyn Courts. RPI is also in league play next Saturday, traveling to Skidmore for a 1pm match.