Results

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 10, 2013) – The #19 nationally-ranked Vassar College women's tennis team defeated Occidental College, 9-0, opening their 2013 Spring Break Trip.

Senior captain Natalie Santiago gave up only one game to her opponent, Jesse Hernandez in the No. 5 spot of the lineup. Santiago won in two sets, 6-0, 6-1. The doubles team of junior Lindsay Kantor and freshman Kelsey Van Noy swept through Hernandez and Margaret Maltese at the No. 3 spot, 8-0.

Vassar improves to 3-0 in dual match play and will next face Bowdoin College at Cal State North Ridge on Monday, March 11 at 3:00 pm. The Tigers drop to 1-5 on the season and will next host Hardin-Simmons University on Thursday, March 21 at 3:00 pm.

Sophomore Samantha Schapiro dropped a first set, 6-2 decision to Keilani Ericksen but came back for a 6-0 second set win and a 10-3 tiebreaker win. She also teamed with sophomore Ava Sadeghi at the No. 1 spot in doubles for an 8-3 win over Ama Oparison and Ericksen.

Sadeghi defeated Oparison, 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 1 spot in singles. "I'm so pleased with our easy transition to playing outside and to the slower outdoor courts," head coach Kathy Campbell said. "We played determined and disciplined tennis throughout the line-up and displayed continued improvement in many of the areas we've been focusing on in practice."