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Yu Tanimoto

  • Award
    Doubles Team
  • Week Of
    9/9/2024
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • School
    Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Tokyo, Japan
  • High School
    Great Neck North
RIT sophomore Alec Turcotte and first year Yu Tanimoto teamed up to win the “A” doubles at the St. Lawrence Fall Classic, Saturday and Sunday. They defeated Korwar/Anderson (Hamilton) 6-2 in their opening match, Saturday before a 7-6 (7-5) win over Hobart’s Gross/Fischer in the quarterfinals. Sunday, Turcotte and Tanimoto defeated St. Lawrence's Strandberg/Hill-Edgar 6-1 in the semifinals and claimed the title with a 7-6 (7-5) win over Hobart’s Steiner/Linares in the finals.