Yu Tanimoto

  • Award
    Rookie
  • Week Of
    4/7/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • School
    Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Tokyo, Japan
  • High School
    Great Neck North
RIT first-year player Yu Tanimoto recorded a 2-0 record in both singles and doubles to help the Tigers to a pair of Liberty League wins. Against St. Lawrence, Tanimoto beat Edvin Strandberg 6-4, 6-1 at first singles while he and Alexander Sinclair defeated Sebastian Boada and Willem Naughton 7-5 doubles as the Tigers won 4-3 Saturday. He and Sinclair then beat Skidmore's Harrison Gradin and Kyle Lundberg 6-3 while Tanimoto clinched the match with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win over Yuval Goodman to lead RIT to a 4-3 win over the Thoroughbreds, Sunday.