POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (April 25, 2017) – The Vassar Women's Tennis team will play its final regular season conference match this Saturday at home against RIT. The squad will celebrate its two seniors in this last home match of the season. Vassar looks to improve to 6-1 in conference with a victory over the Tigers.
Match Details
Opponent: RIT (5-11, 1-5 Liberty League)
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Site: Poughkeepsie, NY
Facility: Josselyn Tennis Courts
Date: April 29, 2017
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Last Time Out: The Brewers had a tough loss last Saturday against conference foe Skidmore. Skidmore is ranked No. 20 in the country and gave Vassar its first conference defeat of the year 7-2.
A Look At The Brewers:
- Vassar comes into this match ranked tied for 40th in the country. The Brewers are additionally ranked 12th in the Northeast region.
- The Brewers have dropped two in a row coming into this weekend, falling to both Skidmore and MIT. However, both these teams are ranked in the top 25 nationally, and Vassar won nine consecutive contests prior to this brief skid.
- Shayna Becker and Tara Edwards won their No. 1 doubles match versus Skidmore's Michelle Fuca and Maddie Benn, 8-6. These opponents were ranked as the No. 6 doubles pair in the region.
- As a result of this big victory, Becker and Edwards were named the Liberty League Doubles Team of the Week.
- The Brewers' doubles team has been a bit stronger than the singles squad this year, with the former achieving a .694 win percentage and the latter notching a .654 percentage.
- Kate Christensen, Tara Edwards, and Connie Yoo have been standout singles performers this year, with respective records of 17-6, 15-8, and 18-6.
- Two doubles squads have particularly thrived this season: Becker/Edwards (11-9) and Christensen/Flournoy (12-4).
- The doubles duo of Connie Yoo and Dasha Ivenitsky came away with a victory Saturday, and are currently riding a four-match win streak.
- While they fell last Saturday, the duo of Christensen and Flournoy has won eight of their last ten doubles matchups.
A Look At The Tigers:
- After starting the season 4-0, the Tigers have struggled greatly, going 1-11 in their last 12 contests.
- RIT has struggled against conference competition, with its only victory coming against Bard College on April 16th.
- The Tigers' singles campaign has a .333 winning percentage on the year, while their doubles squad has a .291 percentage.
- Amelia Ying has done rather well in the number one singles spot, earning a 12-8 overall record this season.
- Ying comes into Saturday with a three-match win streak in singles play.
- In the Tigers' last outing, the team grabbed victories in number one singles (Ying), as well as number one doubles (Ying/Diana Kulawiec) and number three doubles (Alyssa Hering/Marie Jubert).
- RIT has grabbed three of its five wins on the road this season.
Up Next: Next, the Brewers will play in the Liberty League Tournament which will be held May 5th and May 6th in Ithaca, NY at the Reis Tennis Center at Cornell University.
--VASSAR--
