Women's Tennis | 9/19/2015 7:04:00 PM

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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. - Following a sweep of doubles, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team won three of the six singles matches to defeat SUNY New Paltz 6-3 in a non-league match at the North Tennis Courts. RPI improves to 2-1 while the Hawks fall for the first time this season and are now 4-1.

RPI's No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams consisted of all freshmen with Maria Salmon and Andrea Valencia winning at No. 2 (8-5) and Nisha Rajamohan and Mailani Neal winning at No. 3 (8-3). Rajamohan went on to win her singles match, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 5. Other singles winners for the Engineers were Emily Laurilliard with a come-from-behind effort at No. 2 (2-6, 7-6, 10-5) and Pooja Ganesh at No. 6 (6-4, 6-3).

The Engineers return to the court next weekend when they travel to Geneva, N.Y., to compete in the ITA Tournament. Action begins Friday and runs through the weekend.

RPI 6, New Paltz 3
Sep 19, 2015 at New Paltz, NY (North Tennis Courts) 

Singles competition

1. Olivia Ammirati (NPWTN) def. Maria Salmon (RPI_WT) 7-5, 6-3

2. Emily Laurilliard (RPI_WT) def. Brittany Grandville (NPWTN) 2-6, 7-6, 10-5

3. Carol Tyson (NPWTN) def. Andrea Valencia (RPI_WT) 6-1, 6-1

4. Laura Tierney (NPWTN) def. Melanie Frank (RPI_WT) 6-4, 6-2

5. Nisha Rajamohan (RPI_WT) def. Emi Lewis (NPWTN) 6-3, 6-2

6. Pooja Ganesh (RPI_WT) def. Liz Palmer (NPWTN) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition

1. Emily Laurilliard/Melanie Frank (RPI_WT) def. Brittany Grandville/Carol Tyson (NPWTN) 8-1

2. Maria Salmon/Andrea Valencia (RPI_WT) def. Olivia Ammirati/Laura Tierney (NPWTN) 8-5

3. Nisha Rajamohan/Mailani Neal (RPI_WT) def. Liz Palmer/Maryann Badura (NPWTN) 8-3

Match Notes

RPI 2-1

New Paltz 4-1

T-4:10 A-60