TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women’s tennis team won five of the six singles matches and all three of the three doubles matches to defeat Stevens Tech., 8-1. The Engineers are now 4-0 in dual matches and 6-1 overall. Stevens falls to 2-3.
Rensselaer returns to action on Tuesday, September 27, against Hamilton College in Troy. Stevens is in action again this Wednesday against Mount Saint Vincent in Hoboken, N.J.
Below are the results of the individual matches by seed:
1. Dana Bacalla (ST) def. Lydia Lindhult: 6-0, 6-0
2. Progga Das (RPI) def. Whitney Bender: 6-2, 6-2
3. Erica Sherman (RPI) def. Jin Bai: 6-3, 6-1
4. Kristin Weiss (RPI) def. Rebecca Ryba: 2-6, 6-2, 10-6
5. Andrea Dalton (RPI) def. Jacqueline Carbone: 6-0, 6-1
6. Charlotte Kaplan (RPI) def. Vandita Shah: 6-0, 6-1
1. Sherman & Das (RPI) def. Bacalla & Bai: 9-7
2. Lindhult & Dalton (RPI) def. Bender & Ryba: 8-3
3. Shani Gil & Becky Marus (RPI) def. Carbone & Shah: 8-3