TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team suffered an 8-1 defeat at the hands of Liberty League-rival and 25th-ranked Vassar College at Sharp Courts on Friday. The victory marked eighth of the season for the Brewers, who are now 8-4 overall. The Engineers slip to 8-2 overall.
Facing one of the toughest opponents of the season, the Engineers held tough in the opening doubles action, picking up the lone point of the match as rookie
Katrina Bohnhorst (Hellertown, PA/Saucon Valley) and junior captain
Brianna Dickie (Acton, MA/Acton Regional) battled to an 8-6 victory in the third flight.
RPI's second doubles pair of rookie
Lexi Rindone (Prescott, AZ/Prescott) and sophomore
Christina Ciamarra (Southington, CT/Newtown) had a hard-fought battle, but ultimately fell 9-8 (7-5). It marked the pair's first dual meet loss of the season, having gone 9-0 previously.
Rensselaer saw a number of streaks halted in Friday's action as rookie
Casey Olsen (Glen Ridge, NJ/Glen Ridge) saw her 8-0 record at first flight singles halted, while classmate
Amanda Alexander (Houston, TX/The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts) had her mark of 7-0 cut short in the fourth flight. Dickie's streak of 6-0 also fell victim to the Brewers at fifth singles.
Doubles:
1. Joy Backer/Ava Sadeghi (VAS) def. Olsen/ Alexander: 8-3
2. Jennifer Beckerman/ Samantha Shapiro (VAS) def. Ciamarra/Rindone: 9-8(7-5)
3. Dickie/Bohnhorst (RPI) def. Hannah Van Demark/Anisha Kurien: 8-6
Singles:
1. Beckerman (V) defeated Olsen (RPI): 6-3, 6-0
2. Sadeghi (V) defeated Ciamarra (RPI): 6-2, 6-0
3. Backer (V) defeated
Meghan Olson (RPI): 6-0, 6-0
4. Schapiro (V) defeated Alexander (RPI): 6-3, 6-1
5. Jennifer Ruther (V) defeated Dickie (RPI): 6-2, 6-0
6. Lindsay Kantor (V) defeated Bohnhorst (RPI): 6-1, 6-0
The Engineers are back on the court on Saturday, hosting Mount Holyoke at 12pm at Sharp Courts. The Brewers are now idle until April 14 when they open play at the Seven Sisters Tournament against Smith College at 11am.
