ITHACA, NY – Powered by a strong singles effort, the Vassar College women's tennis team posted a 5-1 win over Ithaca College in the first match of Saturday's Liberty League Championship Semifinals round at the Reis Tennis Center on the campus of Cornell University.
The top-seeded Brewers move to 16-2 on the season and advance to Sunday's Championship match at 2pm against the winner of the other semifinal between #2 Skidmore and #3 Rensselaer. Sunday's match will mark the 17th time in the last 18 years – not counting the 2019-20 season shutdown by the pandemic – that the Brewers will appear in the title match.
Saturday's Semifinal saw the Brewers open a 1-0 lead after senior captain
Cara Kizilbash and rookie
Elyse Duley powered their way to an 8-2 win from third doubles over Kayla Shenk and Caroline Herz. Next from two, junior
Tatum Blalock and rookie
Macey Dowd recorded an 8-0 win over Zoe Davis and Rebecca Andrews.
The Bombers gained their lone point from the first flight as Taylor Crain and Lauren Rodriguez bested senior captain
Melina Stavropoulos and sophomore
Sofie Shen by an 8-2 margin.
Singles action saw Stavropoulos make it a 3-1 advantage, notching a 6-1, 6-0 win over Davis, while Duley was next off court for the Brewers fourth point, earning a 6-0, 6-0 win over Herz from six.
Match play was decided at three as Shen cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Andrews for the team victory.
