LGR! Golf Tournament (May 8)
LATHAM, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team increased its winning streak to four matches with a pair of victories on Sunday, defeating Rochester Institute of Technology, 8-1, and Bard College, 9-0. The Engineers, who swept the doubles matches in both contests, improve to 6-5 overall and 2-3 in the Liberty League.
Among the standouts for the Engineers was sophomore
Andrea Valencia, who won both her matches while playing No. 2 singles. She defeated her opponent from RIT, 6-0, 6-1, and her opponent from Bard, 6-0, 6-0.
Rensselaer's No. 1 doubles team,
Tess Lubin and Nisha Rajamohan went 2-0 in what was the team's first action since March 17. They defeated their competitors from RIT 8-5 before downing their opponents from Bard, 8-2.
And,
Jenny Lee, a freshman, posted a 4-0 record while playing No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles. Against the Tigers, she and
Angelika Rothberg won her doubles match 9-8 (2) and then won at No. 6 singles, 9-8 (6). In the win over the Raptors, Lee captured No. 3 doubles, 8-2, and then won at No. 6 singles without dropping a game, 6-0, 6-0.
RPI 8, RIT 1
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1.
Tess Lubin &
Nisha Rajamohan (RPI) def. Amelia Ying & Diana Kulawiec: 8-5
2. Makenzi Herbst &
Andrea Valencia (RPI) def. Brianna Dimisko & Kayla Llanos: 8-3
3.
Angelika Rothberg &
Jenny Lee (RPI) def. Alyssa Hering & Maddy Price: 9-8 (2)
1. Ying (RIT) def. Lubin: 5-7, 6-3, 10-8
2. Valencia (RPI) def. Dimisko: 6-0, 6-1
3. Rajamohan (RPI) def. Marie Jubert: 6-1, 6-0
4. Herbst (RPI) def. Kulawiec: 6-1, 6-3
5. Rothberg (RPI) def. Price: 6-2, 6-4
6. Lee (RPI) def. Llanos: 9-8 (6)
ORDER OF FINISH: 2, 1, 3 ... 2, 3*, 4, 5, 1, 6
RPI 9, Bard 0
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1.
Tess Lubin &
Nisha Rajamohan (RPI) def. Lily Schwartz & Hariette Slagle: 8-2
2.
Makenzi Herbst &
Andrea Valencia (RPI) def. Harper Zacharias & Amelia Tiemann: 8-0
3.
Angelika Rothberg &
Jenny Lee (RPI) def. Isabella Martinez & Jenny Chen: 8-2
1. Lubin (RPI) def. Schwartz: 6-0, 6-1
2. Valencia (RPI) def. Teimann: 6-0, 6-0
3. Rajamohan (RPI) def. Slagle: 6-0, 6-0
4. Herbst (RPI) def. Martinez: 6-2, 6-1
5. Rothberg (RPI) def. Zacharias: 6-0, 6-0
6. Lee (RPI) def. Chen: 6-0, 6-0
ORDER OF FINISH: 3, 2, 1 ... 3, 5*, 6, 2, 1, 4