POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (March 27, 2018) – The Vassar College women's tennis team will jump out on the courts for the first time since March 18 on Saturday, hosting brand-new Liberty League member Ithaca College in home conference play. The Brewers last match was out in Pasadena, CA, defeating Caltech 6-3 to finish the Spring Break Trip.
 
Game Details
Opponent: vs. Ithaca College (3-5, 1-3 Liberty League)
Site: Poughkeepsie, NY
Facility: Outdoors: Joss Courts; Indoors: Walker Field House
Date: March 31, 2018
Time: 1 p.m.
Live Coverage: (Live Stats)
 
Last Time Out: The Brewers earned a hard-fought 6-3 win over No. 40 Caltech last week in California, earning two doubles wins and four victories in singles action. Freshman No. 1 Frances Cornwall breezed to a 6-1, 6-3 win, while sophomore Tara Edwards also chalked up a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles. Freshmen Sarra Yekta and Meghan Rodick were each double winners as well for VC.
 
A Look At The Brewers (8-3, 2-0 Liberty League):
 

• The Brewers have excelled so far this spring, especially at the No. 3 spot, where VC is 9-2 in dual matches this season.
• Vassar is winning 58.3 percent of its singles bouts this year, including a healthy 61.1 percent clip in dual matches.
• Freshman Meghan Rodick leads the team in singles' wins with 13 this season, picking up wins at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 this year.
• Senior Courtney Geiss has played the most singles' matches this season with 19, going 11-8 at the top four positions on the lineup.
• VC has been stellar in doubles, posting a .763 winning percentage in pairs, going a perfect 6-0 in Liberty League play so far.
• Vassar is tied for the conference lead in dual match wins with eight, deadlocked with Skidmore for the top spot.
• VC has four of the top 10 teams in winning percentage in doubles play, two of which feature Meghan Rodick.
• Both freshmen Sarra Yekta and Rodick have won their last three singles matches.

 
A Look At The Bombers (3-5, 1-3 Liberty League):
 

• The Bombers come to town for the first time in program history on Saturday, carrying a 3-5 overall record.
• Ithaca has earned wins over Union College, Stevens Institute of Technology and Bloomsburg University.
• Brianna Ruback has done 4-3 this season at the No. 1 spot for the Bombers, posting a 6-5 overall mark in singles' play.
• Kathyrn Shaffer is 3-3 at No. 2 singles as well, but has posted a 1-2 record in the Liberty League.
• Ithaca has struggled in doubles action this season, winning just eight of their 31 matches in pairs.
• Taylor Ginestro and Ruback have gone 5-2 in doubles play at No. 2 doubles for the Bombers.

 
Up Next: Vassar will be on the road for the next three matches, starting with a Saturday, April 7 match at RIT in Rochester, NY at 11 a.m. before continuing up to St. Lawrence University for an April 8 match with the Saints at 10 a.m. Sunday.