Women's Tennis 5/1/2018

Vassar Women's Tennis Match Notes - Liberty League Championships

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (May 1, 2018) – The VC women's tennis team will travel to Ithaca, NY for the Liberty League Championships, held at Cornell University. Earning a first-round bye, the Brewers will face the winner of Friday's contest between St. Lawrence and RPI.

Game Details
Opponent: St. Lawrence College (9-10, 6-2 LL) or Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (10-5, 3-4 LL) at the Liberty League Championships
Links:
(St. Lawrence Home Page) (Schedule) (Roster) (Statistics)
(RPI Home Page) (Schedule) (Roster) (Statistics)
Site: Ithaca, NY
Facility: Reis Tennis Center at Cornell University
Date: May 5-6, 2018
Time: 2:00 PM

Last Time Out: The Brewers shined last Saturday, topping William Smith, 8-1, in the final regular season contest of the year. It was a memorable day for Kate Christensen, as she captured her 100^th career win. Christensen's special day was shared alongside three fellow seniors, Courtney Geiss, Lauren Difazio, and Dasha Ivenitsky, who were honored for their commitment to VC tennis.

A Look At The Brewers (13-5, 7-1 Liberty League):

With the Brewers victory over William Smith, they finished the regular season 7-1 in conference, earning a second seed spot for the Liberty League tournament.
VC has been dominant in conference doubles action, going 19-5 as a squad.
This season, the 25 different partner combinations have competed together. In conference play, 11 different duos have performed.
Duo Dasha Ivenitsky and Sarra Yetka are 5-1 in no. 2 doubles, a conference-best.
Vista Grinde (4-0), Frances Cornwall (3-0), Ashley Fair (2-0), and Lauren DiFazio (1-0) are all undefeated in Liberty League doubles action.
Grinde, while playing with seven different partners this season, is yet to be defeated (12-0).
As a team, the Brewers have boasted an .833 win percentage in singles league play (40-8).
In singles, Frances Cornwall has been stellar, dropping just one league match (5-1).
Four Brewers have at least 5 conference singles wins: Cornwall (5-1), Tara Edwards (5-3), Courtney Geiss (7-1), and Sarra Yetka (5-1).
Vassar is looking for its first Liberty League title since 2010, earning runner-up in six of the past seven championships.

A Look At The Saints (9-10, 6-2 Liberty League):

St. Lawrence is entering this weekend ranked third in the liberty league with a conference win percentage of .750 and a record of 6-2 in conference, dropping only to Vassar and Skidmore.
Lia Petersen has the best record in conference at the no. 2 Singles position, with a 5-3 record in conference play. She ranks seventh in #2 Singles in the league.
Katherine Apt is sixth in the league for no. 3 Singles, with a record of 3-4 in conference play. Emily Wyman, their no. 1 Singles performer has a conference record of 2-6.
In their last match-up, Katherine Apt and Caroline Reilly dropped to Vassar's Sarra Yekta and Dasha Ivenitsky, 8-3. No. 3 Doubles team of Grace van Tartwijk and Carly Jefferson lost to Frances Cornwall and Courtney Geiss while Lia Petersen and Emily Wyman beat Vassar's Morgane Flournoy and Tara Edwards in a close time-breaker victory.
In the last match-up, Lia Petersen bested Tara Edwards in the no. 2 singles position, winning 0-6, 6-1. 6-3.

A Look At The Engineers (10-5, 3-4 Liberty League):

RPI enters the weekend, ranked sixth in the league with a conference record of 3-4.
Tess Lubin who is ranked 2^nd in the league for the no. 2 Singles position, has a .714 win percentage. In conference play, Tess Lubin has a record of 3-3, ranking her 5^th in conference play.
Andrea Valencia, who is ranked third in the league for no. 3 Singles, also has a win percentage of .714 overall. In conference play, Andrea has a win percentage of .500 securing 3 conference victories.
The doubles team of Tess Lubin and Mailani Neal have a winning record of 4-3, ranking second best in wins in conference play for no. 2 Doubles.
In their last match-up, the Vassar Brewers defeated the RPI Engineers, 9-0. The Brewers defeated the Engineers in all the doubles matches. In a close 3-set match, Morgane Flournoy secured the Vassar victory with a win over Mackenzi Herbst in no. 5 singles, 6-3, 0-6, 11-9.

A Look At the Liberty League:

Skidmore leads the league with a perfect 8-0 record in league play. The Thoroughbreds are undefeated with records of 42-0 in singles, and 21-0 in doubles.
Three Skidmore ladies, Ada Wiggins, Renee Karchere-Sun and Risa Fukushige lead the league as they remain undefeated in conference, each going 7-0.
The Skidmore duo of Jessica Ampel and Alexa Goldberg, lead the league in doubles with a conference record of 5-0. Following close behind them is Vassar's Dasha Ivenitsky and Sarra Yekta with a 4-1 record.
In doubles, Tara Edwards and Morgane Flournoy have been dominant all year for Vassar in no. 1 Doubles with a record 3-1. Following close behind them in no. 1 Doubles are Lia Petersen and Emily Wyman with a 5-2 conference record.
Behind Skidmore College, Vassar has the best conference record, going 34-8 for Singles and 17-4 for Doubles.
Skidmore is looking for their 8^th straight championship.