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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Vassar College, the 25th-ranked team in the nation, captured all three doubles matches before winning all six singles matches in defeating the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team, 9-0. The Brewers, who are 10th in the Northeast Region, improve to 7-3, while the Engineers, who are are ranked 16th in the region, fall to 7-4.

RPI's best opportunity to capture a match came at No. 2 singles, but senior Christina Ciamarra fell in a third-set tie-break, 10-7. 

Rensselaer returns to the court on April 12 when it travels to William Smith College for a 2pm match.

Singles competition
1. Samantha Schapiro (VAS) def. Casey Olsen (RPI) 6-0, 6-1
2. Emily Hallewell (VAS) def. Christina Ciamarra (RPI) 56-4, 1-6, 10-7
3. Winnie Yeates (VAS) def. Emily Laurilliard (RPI) 7-6 (2), 6-2
4. Lindsay Kantor (VAS) def. Amanda Alexander (RPI) 7-6 (4), 6-0
5. Lauren Stauffer (VAS) def. Pooja Ganesh (RPI) 6-0, 6-1
6. Shayna Becker (VAS) def. Emily Aaldenberg (RPI) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Shapiro/Becker (VAS) def. Olsen/Laurillard (RPI) 8-3
2. Hallewell/Yeates (VAS) def. Ciamarra/Jessica Buckley (RPI) 8-4
3. Stauffer/Kantor (VAS) def. Kelsey Ham/Alexander (RPI) 8-5