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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team posted two wins in doubles before capturing three singles matches to defeat Union College, 5-4, in a Liberty League contest on Tuesday evening. The Engineers improve to 10-5 overall and 3-4 in the conference. They sit in fifth place and have clinched a conference playoff bid. The Dutchwomen fall to 5-9 and 1-7.

Rensselaer's No. 2 team of Mailani Neal and Tess Lubin earned an 8-4 win and the No. 3 tandem of Makenzi Herbst and Sasha Towe won by an 8-3 score. Herbst then won at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 7-5. Towe fell in dramatic fashion at No. 6, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), (12-10).

RPI concludes the regular season on Sunday when William Smith College travels to Troy for a league match.

Rensselaer 5, Union College 4
Singles competition
1. Natalia Pezzuco (UNION) def. Mailani Neal (RPIWT) 6-0, 6-3
2. Megan Brown (UNION) def. Tess Lubin (RPIWT) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
3. Andrea Valencia (RPIWT) def. Julianne Loree (UNION) 6-1, 6-0
4. Nisha Rajamohan (RPIWT) def. Alissa Sangiuolo (UNION) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
5. Makenzi Herbst (RPIWT) def. Alex Greenberg (UNION) 6-0, 7-5
6. Allison Remmell (UNION) def. Sasha Towe (RPIWT) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (12-10)
 
Doubles competition
1. Megan Brown/Natalia Pezzuco (UNION) def. Nisha Rajamohan/Andrea Valencia (RPIWT) 8-2
2. Mailani Neal/Tess Lubin (RPIWT) def. Julianne Loree/Alissa Sangiuolo (UNION) 8-4
3. Makenzi Herbst/Sasha Towe (RPIWT) def. Madeleine Hamparian/Cathy Xing (UNION) 8-3