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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team won the top two doubles matches and each of the first three seeds in singles to defeat SUNY New Paltz, 6-3, in a non-league match. The dual match was the first of the season for the Engineers and the win is the first in the RPI career of new head coach Justin Roe.

Junior Mailani Neal  won at first singles, 6-3, 6-4, and first doubles, teaming with sophomore Tess Lubin for an 8-5 victory. Lubin won at No. 2 singles, 6-3, 6-1 and junior Andrea Valencia captured No. 3 singles, 6-4, 6-0.

The win in doubles by Neal and Lubin put the Engineers in front, 2-1, heading into singles competition. Valencia made it 3-1, but the Hawks tied the match at 3-3 with wins at Nos. 5 and 4. Lubin put RPI in front for good, followed by wins from Makenzi Herbst at No. 6 and Neal at No. 1.

Rensselaer returns to the court on Friday when it begins play at the ITA Tournament in Saratoga Springs.

RENSSELAER 6, NEW PALTZ 3
September 16, 2017
SUNY New Paltz

1. Tess Lubin & Mailani Neal (RPI) def. Brittany Grandville & Carol Tyson: 8-5
2. Nisha Rajamohan & Vidhya Maran (RPI) def. Emi Lewis & Courtney Koran: 8-3
3. Jenna Grandville & Victoria Zezula (NP) def. Makenzi Herbst & Andrea Valencia: 8-4

1. Neal (RPI) def. B. Grandville: 6-3, 6-4
2. Lubin (RPI) def. Tyson: 6-3, 6-1
3. Valencia (RPI) def. J. Grandville: 6-4, 6-0
4. Lewis (NP) def. Rajamohan: 6-3, 6-4
5. Koran (NP) def. Maran: 6-2, 6-2
6. Herbst (RPI) def. Lindsay Haley: 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8)

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