The University of Rochester men's tennis team earned five points during singles play and picked up a 5-2 victory over #33 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Sunday afternoon at the Goergen Athletic Center.
 
URochester improves to 5-8 on the season with the victory, while the Engineers drop to 2-9. The Yellowjackets win against RPI is the first for a URochester squad since a 5-4 victory back in 2019.
 
Rensselaer was able to swipe the double point on Sunday, despite playing the match with just five players, forcing a default at the third doubles position. At one, Tasmay Shah and Filix Puyplat topped Ethan Samora and Aiden Swartz 6-1.
 
The deciding doubles match was at second doubles, with RPI's Gustave Viennet and Aidan Atri posting a 7-5 win against Andy Liu and Alan Wang, putting the Engineers up 1-0 overall with the team doubles point secured.
 
Moving to singles, the sixth position was an automatic point for Samora and the Yellowjackets, with no RPI player holding down that spot in the lineup.
 
The next point was earned by Wang at fourth singles against Atri. The 'Jacket sophomore won 6-4, 6-3 to pull the home squad in front in the overall match.
 
That lead was short lived though, as Liu fell to Shah at first singles, 6-4, 6-1, with the team score evening back up.
 
URochester finished with a flurry though, securing the final three points of the match, winning in three sets in two of them to secure the match win.
 
Kavin Shukla pulled the Yellowjackets ahead with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 win at three against Puyplat, before Rahul Ravi posting the clinching point at second singles against Viennet. The UR senior won in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5 to give the 'Jackets the win.
 
The final match was another three-set affair between Swartz and Debarshi Sen at number five. Swartz won 6-2 in the opening set, before falling 7-6 in a tie break in set two. The UR first-year rebounded in the super-breaker third set, winning 10-4 to post the 5-2 overall match win.
 
Rochester's next match is set for Wednesday afternoon, with the Yellowjackets hosting Hobart College at 4 pm.