LATHAM, N.Y. - Freshman Brenda Peng had a hand in two victories, but it was not enough as the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team dropped a Liberty League contest to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 7-2 at Tri-City Fitness. The match was the first conference contest for the Engineers, who are now 6-6 overall. The Tigers improve to 6-3 and 2-2 in league play.

Peng and senior Andrea Valencia worked together to earn a victory at No. 3 doubles, 8-6, to pull RPI to within a point heading to singles. RIT won the first three singles matches to clinch a win, but Peng earned a win at No. 4, 6-2, 6-2, to earn a second point.

Rensselaer's Junjia Lyu and Valencia both played into third sets, but dropped their respective matches.

RIT 7, RPI 2
Tri-City Fitness in Latham, NY
March 23, 2019

DOUBLES
1. Anne Taylor & Kristen Zablonski (RIT) def. Sonya Khudyakov & Junjia Lyu: 8-4
2. Amelia Ying & Shayna Ginster (RIT) def. Sanjana Surapeneni: 8-0
3. Brenda Peng & Andrea Valencia (RPI) def. Julianne Ho & Claire Casalnova: 8-6

SINGLES
1. Ying (RIT) def. Khudyakov: 6-4, 6-1
2. Taylor (RIT) def. Surapeneni: 6-2, 6-3
3. Ginster (RIT) def. Lyu: 6-0, 5-7, 10-7
4. Peng (RPI) def. Zablonski: 6-2, 6-2
5. Casalnova (RIT) def. Valencia: 6-4, 4-6, 5-4 (ret.)
6. Kirsten Auble (RIT) def. Jolee McCluskey: 6-1, 6-3

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

RPI is back on the court on Sunday when it hosts No. 11 Skidmore College at Tri-City Fitness at 10am. RIT hosts Roberts Wesleyan College on Tuesday at 3pm.