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TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team dropped only one game in defeating Bard College, 5-1, in a Liberty League contest at Sharp Courts. The Engineers improved to 8-8 overall and 4-3 in the Liberty League with the win in this match, whic was played to decision. The Raptors fell to 0-14.

Rensselaer won all three doubles matches to open a 3-0 lead with the No. 1 and No. 3 teams of Emily Laurilliard & Melanie Frank and Pooja Ganesh & Emily Aaldenberg winning by 8-0 scores. Aaldenberg then posted a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles and Casey Olsen won by the same score at No. 1 to end the match. Bard's lone victory came by default at No. 6 singles.

RPI concludes the regular season with a non-league match against Wheaton College (MA) on Saturday at noon on Sharp Courts. The Raptors host William Smith College in a league contest on Saturday at 2pm.

RPI 5, Bard 1
April 24, 2015 at Sharp Courts in Troy, N.Y. 

Singles competition

1. Casey Olsen (RPIW) def. Harriette Slagle (BAR) 6-0, 6-0

2. Emily Laurilliard (RPIW) def. Beryl Taylor (BAR) 6-0, 1-0

3. Melanie Frank (RPIW) def. Isabelle Scarborough (BAR) 6-0, 5-0

4. Amanda Alexander (RPIW) def. Jenny Chen (BAR) 6-0, 3-0

5. Emily Aaldenberg (RPIW) def. Faye Forman (BAR) 6-0, 6-0

6. Yuanyuan Xu (BAR) def. Pooja Ganesh (RPIW) Default

 

Doubles competition

1. Emily Laurilliard/Melanie Frank (RPIW) def. Harriette Slagle/Beryl Taylor (BAR) 8-0

2. Casey Olsen/Amanda Alexander (RPIW) def. Isabelle Scarborough/Jenny Chen (BAR) 8-1

3. Pooja Ganesh/Emily Aaldenberg (RPIW) def. Faye Forman/Yuanyuan Xu (BAR) 8-0