By: Kevin Beattie, Associate Athletic Director
TROY, N.Y. - Senior
Nisha Rajamohan won every game in doubles and singles and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team defeated Bard College 9-0 in a Liberty League contest at Sharp Courts. The Engineers improve to 7-13 overall and 1-6 in the conference, while the Raptors drop to 5-7 and 0-7.
Rajamohan and
Andrea Valencia captured the No. 2 doubles match 8-0 before they both won their singles matches. Playing No. 3, Rajamohan was victorious 6-0, 6-0 and Valencia won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2. Rensselaer lost two games or fewer at Nos. 4, 5 and 6 singles.
RENSSELAER 9, BARD 0
Sharp Courts in Troy, NY
April 23, 2019
DOUBLES:
1.
Sanjana Surapeneni &
Brenda Peng (RPI) def. Katie Esposito & Jamie-Rose Graham: 8-2
2.
Andrea Valencia &
Nisha Rajamohan (RPI) def. Tori Bowen & Harper Zacharias: 8-0
3.
Junjia Lyu &
Jolee McCluskey (RPI) def. Duhita Das & Ayanna Battle: 8-0
SINGLES
1. Surapeneni (RPI) def. Esposito: 6-2, 6-3
2. Valencia (RPI) def. Graham: 6-2, 6-0
3. Rajamohan (RPI) def. Bowen: 6-0, 6-0
4. McCluskey (RPI) def. Zacharias: 6-1, 6-1
5.
Elise White (RPI) def. Battle: 6-1, 6-0
6.
Elly Klages (RPI) def. Das: 6-1, 6-0
ORDER OF FINISH: 3, 2, 1 ... 6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 1
Rensselaer concludes the season on Wednesday against Union College at Sharp Courts (4pm). The Raptors play at RIT on Saturday at 11am.