Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

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Men's Tennis Finishes Sixth at League Tournament
RPI falls to St. Lawrence and Union; Concludes 2009 season
Evan Creer
Evan Creer

GENEVA, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s tennis team competed in the Liberty League Championships, hosted by Hobart on Saturday. The #6 Engineers who are now 3-6, posted sixth at this year’s tournament. RPI lost in the first round, 9-0, to #3 St. Lawrence (10-3) before falling to #4 Union (2-9) in the fifth place game by a score of 6-3.

Below are the match results by flight vs. St. Lawrence:

1. Jon Satkowski (SLU) def. Ed Cullen (RPI) 6-2, 6-2
2. Pete Abernethy (SLU) def. Michael Wilkins (RPI) 6-1, 6-0
3. Will Cook (SLU) def. Matthew Asher (RPI) 6-2, 6-0
4. Chris McDonald (SLU) def. Rohit Kumar (RPI) 6-1, 6-1
5. Ren Gates (SLU) def. Adam Generale (RPI) 6-4, 6-1
6. Chris Rodilosso (SLU) def. Kevin Georgek (RPI) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
1. Jon Satkowski/Chris McDonald (SLU) def. Ed Cullen/Matthew Asher (RPI) 8-0
2. Ren Gates/Jake Dexter (SLU) def. Rohit Kumar/Michael Wilkins (RPI) 8-0
3. Christopher Tamm/Chris Rodilosso (SLU) def. Adam Kell/Evan Creer (RPI) 8-0

Below are the match results by flight vs. Union:

Singles competition
1. Ed Cullen (RPI) def. Alex Katz (UNION) 6-3, 6-0
2. Vic Ravikumar (UNION) def. Michael Wilkins (RPI) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
3. Dan Nault (UNION) def. Matthew Asher (RPI) 6-4, 6-4
4. Matt Goodnow (UNION) def. Rohit Kumar (RPI) 6-4, 6-2
5. Sam Ringel (UNION) def. Adam Generale (RPI) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
6. Alex Franz (RPI) def. Jay Shah (UNION) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Vic Ravikumar/Dan Nault (UNION) def. Ed Cullen/Matthew Asher (RPI) 8-4
2. Sam Ringel/Jay Shah (UNION) def. Rohit Kumar/Michael Wilkins (RPI) 8-2
3. Evan Creer/Adam Kell (RPI) def. Matt Goodnow/Alex Katz (UNION) 8-6