GENEVA, N.Y. - Behind multiple victories by five student-athletes, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team swept a Liberty League contest against William Smith College 9-0 at the HWS Tennis Center. The No. 34 Engineers improve to 12-4 overall and 5-2 in the conference, while the Herons drop to 7-10 and 2-5.
RPI's top doubles team ofÂ
Nikki Ridenour and
Lorna Flores Gonzalez earned the first win of the day with an 8-3 victory. That was followed by wins from a pair of new tandems withÂ
Alex Mednikova andÂ
Sabrina Grewal winning at No. 3 and
Brooke Bauer and
Masha Karach taking No. 2.
Krisia Flores Gonzalez made it 4-0 for the visitors with a love-love win at No. 6 singles and Ridenour clinched the match with a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 1. Karach (No. 5), Bauer (No. 4), Mednikova (No. 2) and
Lorna Flores Gonzalez (No. 3) all followed with their second wins of the morning.
RENSSELAER 9, WILLIAM SMITH 0
HWS Tennis Center in Geneva, N.Y.
April 22, 2023
DOUBLES
1.
Nikki Ridenour &
Lorna Flores Gonzalez (RPI) def. Haley Levine & Isabelle Goings-Perot: 8-3
2.
Brooke Bauer &
Masha Karach (RPI) def. Audrey Camacho & Natalie Haythorn: 8-4
3.
Alex Mednikova &
Sabrina Grewal (RPI) def. Julia Pida & Marin Montagne: 8-3
ORDER OF FINISH: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
1. Ridenour (RPI) def. Goings-Perot: 6-0, 6-2
2. Mednikova (RPI) def. Levine: 6-4, 6-2
3.
Lorna Flores Gonzalez (RPI) def. Camacho: 7-5, 6-3
4. Bauer (RPI) def. Haythorn: 6-2, 6-3
5. Karach (RPI) def. Montagne: 6-1, 6-0
6.
Krisia Flores Gonzalez (RPI) def. Mia Tetreault: 6-0, 6-0
ORDER OF FINISH: 6, 1, 5, 4, 2, 3