ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Allegheny College men's tennis team fell in a hard-fought contest against the Rochester Institute of Technology, 4-3, Wednesday evening at the RIT Tennis Courts in Rochester, New York.

All three points won by Allegheny (2-1) came from the singles portion of the match. RIT (2-0) swept the trio of doubles matches and added wins in the sixth, fifth, and third singles matches in that order to clinch the one-point victory.

Each of the top three singles matches required a third set to determine the winner, and all three featured a tiebreak game to decide one of those three sets.

Leading 3-1, RIT earned the match-clinching point from Joel Pho in his No. 3 singles contest against Levente Mihaly (Békéscsaba, Hungary/Békéscsabai SZC Széchenyi István). Although Mihaly took a one-set lead by winning a tiebreak game, Pho rallied from behind to secure the deciding point by taking the second set, 6-4, and third set, 6-2.

Anton Hedlund (Hovas, Sweden/Katrinelundsgymnasiet) battled Yu Tanimoto in the No. 1 singles match, winning the first and third sets with identical scores of 6-4. In the No. 2 spot, David Rodriguez (St. Ann's, Trinidad & Tobago/Fatima College) overcame a first-set loss to sweep the second, 6-0, before completing the comeback in the third, 7-6 (5).

Doubles Results
1. Yu Tanimoto / Alec Turcotte def. Anton Hedlund / Levente Mihaly, 7-5
2. Luke Weber / Christian Berko def. David Rodriguez / Arick Baldwin, 6-4
3. Alexander Sinclair / Gabriel Ecobar def. Will Jarvie / Olivier Erkens, 7-5

Singles Results
1. Anton Hedlund def. Yu Tanimoto, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
2. David Rodriguez def. Alex Turcotte, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5)
3. Joel Pho def. Levente Mihaly, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
4. Javier Bejarano Jimenez def. Gabriel Ecobar, 6-4, 6-2
5. Alexander Sinclair def. Arick Baldwin, 6-3, 6-1
6. Luke Weber def. Will Jarvie, 6-1, 6-3

Up Next
On Saturday, October 5, the Gators will play twice in Oberlin, Ohio. The doubleheader begins at 12:00 p.m. in a neutral-site match against the University of Findlay, before Allegheny takes on Oberlin College at 4:00 p.m.