Aiden Drover-Mattinen

  • Award
    Singles Performer
  • Week Of
    9/20/2021
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • School
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Portugal Cove - St. Philips, Newfoundland
  • High School
    Blyth Academy
At the Middlebury Invitational, RPI first-year player Aiden Drover-Mattinen won the A Flight singles bracket. Drover-Mattinen started with 6-1, 6-3 win over an opponent from Bates. He then came from behind to defeat the No. 1 seed, a senior from Middlebury, in three sets in the quarterfinals on Saturday, 2-6, 6-2, 10-5. On Sunday, he beat the No. 4 seed, Jeff Chen, a senior from Brandeis, 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinals and then won the final over Isaac Gorelick, a senior from Tufts, 6-3, 6-3.