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LATHAM, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team began the spring portion of its 2016-17 season and the Engineers dropped a Liberty League match to No. 27 Skidmore College, 9-0, at Tri-City Fitness on Sunday. The Engineers, who had been idle since mid-October, fall to 2-1 overall and 0-1 in the conference. The Thoroughbreds, who also returned to action since October, improve to 3-1 and 3-0.

Skidmore won all three doubles matches with the third pairing being the closest but Danielle Giannetti (Oyster Bay, NY / Oyster Bay) and Jessica Ampel (Evanston, IL / Evanston Township) held off Nisha Rajamohan (Waterford, CT / IMG Academy) and Mailani Neal (Kailua-Kona, HI / Kamehameha), 8-6.

Neal, a sophomore, had the closest single match for RPI, but she eventually lost 6-2, 6-2 to Brianna Greene (Westborough, MA / Westborough) at No. 5. 

RPI, which is ranked 19th in the Northeast Region, returns to the court on Sunday when it hosts the University of Rochester at Tri-City (11am). Skidmore, which is No. 8 regionally, is also back in action on Sunday when it hosts William Smith College (1pm).

No. 27 SKIDMORE 9, RENSSELAER 0
February 19, 2017
Tri-City Fitness in Latham, N.Y.

1. Madie Benn & Michelle Fuca (SKI) def. Allie Kallish & Tess Lubin: 8-1
2. Ada Wiggins & Brianna Greene (SKI) def. Erica Frommer & Andrea Valencia: 8-2
3. Danielle Giannetti & Jessica Ampel (SKI) def. Nisha Rajamohan & Mailani Neal: 8-6

1. Ada Wiggins (SKI) def. Allie Kallish: 6-0, 6-1
2. Madie Benn (SKI) def. Erica Frommer: 6-1, 6-0
3. Michelle Fuca (SKI) def. Tess Lubin: 6-0, 6-2
4. Renee Karchere-Sun (SKI) def. Nisha Rajamohan: 6-3, 6-0
5. Brianna Greene (SKI) def. Mailani Neal:  6-2, 6-2
6. Danielle Giannetti (SKI) def Andrea Valencia: 6-0, 6-0

ORDER OF FINISH: 1, 2, 3 ... 1, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5

EXHIBITION:
Alexa Goldberg & Renee Karchere-Sun (SKI) def. Makenzi Herbst & Jenny Lee: 8-0

Jessica Ampel (SKI) def. Makenzi Herbst: 8-1
Alexa Goldberg (SKI) def. Jenny Lee: 8-3
Jessica Tsai (SKI) def. Angelika Rothberg: 8-6