ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute women's tennis team opened the 2015-16 season with a 9-0 sweep of Bard College in a Liberty League match on Sunday morning.

The Engineers swept all three doubles matches, yielding just three games, and swept all six singles matches in straight sets.
 
Newcomers had a big impact for RPI, including freshmen Erica Frommer and Nisha Rajamohan, who teamed up to win at No. 1 doubles, and also prevailed at Nos. 1 & 2 singles, respectively. Freshmen Andrea Valencia and Mailani Neal won at No. 2 doubles, and at Nos. 3 & 4 singles, respectively.
 
Junior Poosh Ganesh teamed with freshman Makenzi Herbst to win at No. 3 doubles, and they won at Nos. 5 & 6 singles, respectively.
 
Up next for RPI is the Mary Hosking Invitational next weekend, hosted by William Smith College.

Singles competition
1. Erica Frommer (RPI) def. Lily Schwartz (BARD) 6-0, 6-0
2. Nisha Rajamohan (RPI) def. Amelia Tiemann (BARD) 6-3, 7-5
3. Andrea Valencia (RPI) def. Harriette Slagle (BARD) 6-1, 6-0
4. Mailani Neal (RPI) def. Bella Martinez (BARD) 6-2, 6-2
5. Pooja Ganesh (RPI) def. Isabelle Scarborough (BARD) 6-0, 6-0
6. Makenzi Herbst (RPI) def. Lily Zacharias (BARD) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Erica Frommer/Nisha Rajamohan (RPI) def. Lily Schwartz/Amelia Tiemann (BARD) 8-1
2. Andrea Valencia/Mailani Neal (RPI) def. Harriette Slagle/Isabelle Scarborough (BARD) 8-2
3. Pooja Ganesh/Makenzi Herbst (RPI) def. Bella Martinez/Lily Zacharias (BARD) 8-0