LGR! Golf Tournament (May 8)

GENEVA, N.Y. - Sophomore Mailani Neal won in straight sets at No. 4 singles, but that was the only victory for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team, which dropped a Liberty League match at William Smith College, 8-1. The loss puts the Engineers at 6-7 overall and 2-4 in the conference. The Herons, ranked No. 20 in the Northeast Region, clinch a spot in the league tournament with the win. They are now 4-3 in the league and 10-6 overall.

Trailing 5-0 after losses in doubles and at No. 3 and No. 1 singles, Neal put Rensselaer in the win column with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Kate Foley, a first year student. The final two matches went the distance, but neither Angelika Rothberg at No. 6 nor Makenzi Herbst at No. 5 could pull out wins.

Rensselaer concludes its season on Sunday with a home match against Union College on Sharp Courts. The action begins at 11am.

WILLIAM SMITH 8, RENSSELAER 1
April 29, 2017 in Geneva, N.Y.

1. Hanna More & Kat Kostovic (WSC) def. Tess Lubin & Nisha Rajamohan: 8-1
2. Michaelann Denton & Allie Perron (WSC) def. Andrea Valencia & Mailani Neal: 8-3
3. Kate Foley (WSC) & Alex Greenberg (WSC) def. Angelika Rothberg & Makenzi Herbst: 8-1

1. More (WSC) def. Lubin: 6-2, 6-0
2. Denton (WSC) def. Valencia: 6-1, 6-3
3. Perron (WSC) def. Rajamohan: 6-0, 6-1
4. Neal (RPI) def. Foley: 6-2, 6-0
5. Greenberg (WSC) def. Herbst: 3-6, 6-2, 10-7
6. Leland Barclay (WSC) def. Rothberg: 6-0, 4-6, 10-7

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