ORLANDO, Fla. - Sanjana Surapaneni, Nisha Rajamohan and Andrea Valencia all had two victories to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team to a 7-2 win over the University of Scranton in the team's final match on its Spring Break trip. The Engineers, who played eight matches in the Sunshine State (4-4), return to Troy with an overall record of 6-5. They played Division II Minnesota State Moorhead to start the day and lost to the Dragons, 4-3. 

Against Scranton, RPI fell behind with a loss at No. 3 doubles, but then won the next two matches for a 2-1 lead. Rajamohan and Valencia partnered up at No. 2 and won in a tiebreak, 8-7 (7-2). The Royals (4-1) tied the match with a win in singles, but Rensselaer captured the final five matches for the victory. Valencia won at No. 3, Rajamohan won at No. 4 and Surapaneni won at No. 1.

RENSSELAER 7, SCRANTON, 2
USTA National Campus on March 8, 2019

DOUBLES

1. Sanjana Surapeneni & Sonya Khudyakov (RPI) def. Natashia DeNunzio & Marissa Campo: 8-6
2. Nisha Rajamohan & Andrea Valencia (RPI) def. Emilia Jakubek & Tatiana Klacko: 8-7 (7-2)
3. Elyse Smilnek & Claire Loughlin (SCR) def. Jolee McCluskey & Elly Klages (RPI): 8-6
 
SINGLES
1. Surapaneni (RPI) def. DeNunzio: 7-5, 6-2
2. Jakubek (SCR) def. Junjia Lyu: 3-2 (retired)
3. Valencia (RPI) def. Klacko: 6-2, 6-0
4. Rajamohan (RPI) def. Emily Kelly: 7-5, 6-3
5. McCloskey (RPI) def. Lindsay Roberto: 6-1, 6-2
6. Elise White (RPI) def. Julia Biaone: 6-2, 6-4

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

The Dragons earned the doubles point - the team's played Division II rules - and then held off the Engineers, 4-3. RPI got wins from Junjia Lyu at No. 3 singles, Valencia at No. 5 and Rajamohan at No. 6, but it was not enough. Minnesota State Moorhead improved to 11-3 with the victory.

MINNESOTA STATE MOORHEAD 4, RENSSELAER 3
USTA National Campus on March 8, 2019

DOUBLES
1. Julia Geske & Olivia Keelin (MSM) def. Sonya Khudyakov & Junjia Lyu: 7-5
2. Rachel Nguyen & Lorissa Yuen (MSM) def. Sanjana Surapeneni & Nisha Rajamohan: 6-3
3. Alexis Konecne & Emma Wood (MSM) def. Andrea Valencia & Brenda Peng: 7-6 (11-9)
 
SINGLES
1. Yuen (MSM) def. Khudyakov: 3-0 (retired)
2. Nguyen (MSM) def. Surapaneni: 7-5, 6-2
3. Lyu (RPI) def. Konecne: 6-3, 7-6
4. Jalyn Kornblum (MSM) def. Peng: 6-3, 6-1
5. Valencia (RPI) def. Wood: 6-3, 6-0
6. Rajamohan (RPI) def. Stevi Parker: 6-1, 6-3
 
ORDER OF FINISH: 2, 1, 3 … 1, 4, 6, 5, 2, 3