RPI first-year player Dylan Payne went 5-0 last week to help the Engineers to a 3-0 week. In a mid-week match with Union, he and Zack Ebenfeld earned an 8-4 win over a pair from Union, a match that RPI won 8-1. Three days later he and Ebenfeld beat two freshmen from Hobart 8-6 before Payne beat a junior at No. 6 singles 7-5, 7-6 (6) to help the Engineers to a 7-2 win. The duo then had an 8-6 win over a junior and senior from Ithaca and Payne went on to a 7-5, 6-3 win over a senior at No. 6 singles. RPI defeated the Bombers 7-2.