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Melina Stavropoulos
Carlisle Stockton
7
Winner Vassar Women's Tennis VASSARW (6-0)
2
Occidental College OXY (1-5)
Winner
Vassar Women's Tennis VASSARW
(6-0)
7
Final
2
Occidental College OXY
(1-5)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Amie Canfield, Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications

Women's Tennis Bests Occidental, 7-2

Doubles sweep helps lead Brewers to sixth-straight win

LOS ANGELES, CA - Powered by a doubles sweep and four of six singles victories, the Vassar College women's tennis team defeated Occidental College, 7-2 in action on Tuesday afternoon. The Brewers - winners of six straight dual matches - remains perfect at 6-0 on the season, while the Tigers move to 1-5 overall.

Doubles action saw the Brewers open with a win at third doubles as senior captain Cara Kizilbash and rookie Elyse Duley notched an 8-3 win over Emma Silber and Mathilde Depery. Vassar went up 2-0 at two as junior Tatum Blalock and rookie Macey Dowd defeated Dana Edson and Alexis Matabuena, 8-5, while senior captain Melina Stavropoulos and sophomore Sofie Shen made it a 3-0 advantage for the visitors at one with an 8-7 (7-3) win against Andei Fukushige and Sarah Fleming.

Singles action saw the Tigers gain their first point as Fukushige bested Blalock at one by a 6-1, 6-1 margin. The Brewers made it a 4-1 lead with a win at five as Kizilbash recorded a 6-1, 6-1 win against Depery and VC secured the match win from three soon after as Dowd took down Matabuena, 6-1, 6-4.

Stavropoulos was next off court for the Brewers, notching a 6-2, 6-4 win against Silber at four, while Occidental gained a point from two as Fleming defeated Shen, 6-3, 6-3. Fresh off her exciting third-set tiebreaker the night before, Duley once again made it a third-set thriller, posting a 6-2, 4-6, 10-6 win over Katie Wolber at six.

Vassar returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to Pasadena for a 2pm (PST) match against CalTech.
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