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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Women’s Tennis Cruises Past Bates

Brewers win home opener

Poughkeepsie, NY – The #33 Vassar College Women's Tennis team opened the home schedule on Thursday afternoon with an impressive 8-1 victory over Bates. The Brewers swept the doubles competition against the Bobcats and took five of the six singles matches.
 
Thursday win moves Vassar to 5-3 overall on the season while Bates drops to 2-6 on the year.
 
Doubles
  • The Brewers opened a 3-0 lead after taking each of the three doubles contests on the day.
  • The first pair of Erin McCusker (Norton, MA) and Macey Dowd (Orinda, CA) improved to 5-3 on the season following an 8-2 victory.
  • Iris Li (Palo Alto, CA) and First Year Maddie Kirby (Davidson, NC) moved to 6-2 on the season after outlasting their opponents from Bates 8-7 (7-2).
  • The third duo of Ananya Krishnan (Chesterbrook, PA) and Elyse Duley (Charlotte, NC) also improved to 6-2 on the season with a convincing 8-1 victory.
 
Singles
  • McCusker won her seventh straight singles match and improved to 7-1 on the season with a hard fought 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 10-4 win at the first position.
  • Dowd moved to 6-2 on the season in singles play after dispatching Bates' Julia Anderson by scores of 6-0, 6-4.
  • Li joined McCusker with a 7-1 record on the year following a 7-5, 6-1 victory at the third slot.
  • Krishnan continued a strong season and moved to 6-2 on the season after earning a 6-2, 6-1 fifth singles victory.
  • At the sixth position, Duley posted a 6-4, 6-2 win for the Brewers, earning her third singles victory of the season.
 
What's Next
  • Vassar begins Liberty League play on Saturday when it travels to William Smith.
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