POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (April 17, 2014) – The Vassar College women's tennis team will compete in its final regular season match when they host the #13 team in the country during Senior Day for Lindsay Kantor (Westhampton Beach, NY/Westhampton Beach) on Saturday.
 
Match Details
Opponent: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers (13-3, 8-0 NEWMAC)
Site: Poughkeepsie, NY
Facility: Josselyn Courts
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2014
Time: 12:00 pm
 
A Look At The Brewers
The Brewers (11-4, 4-1 Liberty League) recently ran through the Bard College Raptors 9-0 and only had two matches where they gave up one game to the visiting Liberty league school. No. 1 and No. 3 doubles swept 8-0 while No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles managed 6-0, 6-0 wins. Dual shutout winners for the Brewers were Kantor, sophomore Lauren Stauffer (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) and freshman Shayna Becker (Murrieta, CA/University).
 
Kantor and Stauffer have recently been doubles partners and are 6-1 with a 3-1 No. 1 and a 3-0 No. 3 record. Sophomore Winnie Yeates (New Orleans, LA/Isidore Newman School) and freshman Emily Hallewell (Washington, DC/Stone Ridge School Sacred Heart) are 7-2 at No. 2 and own the current top, winning streak of six. Hallewell also has the most singles wins with a 16-9 record. Becker and Yeates follow with 12-7 and 11-10 records, respectively.
 
The Brewers are now a combined 83-54 in singles play for 2013-14 and have an above .500 record in every spot in the lineup, Liberty League play, dual matches and tournament play. The same goes for doubles. Vassar is 46-24 with the more-than-average records at all three positions, Liberty League, dual match and tournament action. All but one doubles combination and one singles player has winning streaks.
 
A Look At The Engineers
#13 MIT went head-to-head with #4 Amherst College during the Nor'easter Bowl Finals at Brandeis University. The Engineers fell to Amherst 9-0. Only one match went to a third set, one had a second set tiebreaker and the third was a 7-7 doubles match needing the extra games to be played.
 
Elysa Kohrs and Wendi Kong lead the Engineers in singles. Both have won 15 matches with Kohrs operating at either No. 1 or No. 2 in the lineup and Kong jumping between every spot except No. 1. Kohrs has dropped five matches on the year while Kong has lost six. Kohrs teams with Victoria Tam and the pair have a 15-5 overall record with an 11-3 stay at No. 2 doubles. The Engineers are 84-40 in singles and 49-18 in doubles.
 
Against MIT All-Time
The Brewers have a secure hold of the Vassar-MIT series with a record of 16-6. The Brewers had a winning streak of eight, spanning from 2003 to 2010, ending in 2011's 8-1 loss on the road. In the team's last meeting in 2012, the Brewers topped the Engineers 7-2 at home.
 
Kantor's Four Years
Kantor helped maintain the Brewers' national-rankings all four years. Academically, she contributed to the team earning the ITA All-Academic Team Award for all four years and is on track for the ITA Scholar-Athlete Award and Liberty League All-Academic honors. She finishes her career with an overall win percentage of 59.6 percent having just won her 100^th match during the Seven Sisters Tournament against Mount Holyoke. She has 104 wins and 69 losses in total with 67-33 dual match, 37-36 tournament and 23-9 Liberty League records. She will graduate with a degree in Neuroscience and Behavior and is premed.
 
Playoff Picture
The Thoroughbreds of Skidmore College will host the #1 spot in the Liberty League Championships at St. Lawrence University. They will either host Bard College or RIT depending on if the Raptors lose both matches with Union and William Smith, making them a 0-4 League team. RIT is also 0-4 but has the lower overall win/loss record and neither team holds a tie-break over each other. Most likely, #1 Skidmore will take on #8 RIT.
 
#2 Vassar will face #7 Bard. #3 St. Lawrence will take on #6 William Smith and RPI and Union will face each other with possible 2-2 League records each.
 
Leading The Best
Junior Samantha Schapiro (Milford, NJ/Rutgers Preparatory School) leads the Liberty League at the No. 1 position with her 10-4 record (71.4 percent) while William Smith's Hannah More follows with a 7-3 history (70.0 percent).
 
Up Next
The Brewers will next travel to St. Lawrence University for the second time this season. The Saints will host the Liberty League Championships on April 26 through April 28 in Canton, NY.