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PASADENA, Calif. - Five different players earned two wins each to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team to an 8-1 win over California Institute of Technology in a match between regionally-ranked opponents. The Engineers, listed 19th in the Northeast, improve to 5-4. The Beavers, who are 12th in the West, are now 4-6.

Rensselaer swept all three doubles matches, before taking five of the six singles matches for the win. Senior captain Casey Olsen led the way, winning 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Junior Emily Laurilliard won at No. 2 singles, 6-4, 6-3, while also teamming with freshman Melanie Frank to win at No. 1 doubles, 8-4. The one loss for RPI was a three-set match at No. 4 in which senior captain Amanda Alexander lost 1-6, 6-2, 10-5.

Rensselaer concludes its Spring Break trip on March 27 at Biola University at 1pm.

RPI 8, Caltech 1
Mar 24, 2015 at Pasadena, Calif. 

Singles competition

1. Casey Olsen (RPIW) def. Sophia Chen (CITW) 6-0, 6-2

2. Emily Laurilliard (RPIW) def. Vinci Chen (CITW) 6-4, 6-3

3. Melanie Frank (RPIW) def. Erin Wang (CITW) 7-5, 6-3

4. Grace Yao (CITW) def. Amanda Alexander (RPIW) 1-6, 6-2, 10-5

5. Pooja Ganesh (RPIW) def. Rachel Morton (CITW) 6-2, 7-5

6. Emily Aaldenberg (RPIW) def. Sarah Antilla (CITW) 6-1, 6-1

 

Doubles competition

1. Emily Laurilliard/Melanie Frank (RPIW) def. Erin Wang/Sophia Chen (CITW) 8-4

2. Casey Olsen/Amanda Alexander (RPIW) def. Vinci Chen/Grace Yao (CITW) 8-3

3. Pooja Ganesh/Emily Aaldenberg (RPIW) def. Rachel Morton/Sarah Antilla (CITW) 8-2

 

Match Notes

RPI 5-4; Regional ranking #19

Caltech 4-6; Regional ranking #12

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,1,4,5,3,2)

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