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Winner Vassar VASSARW (10-3)
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Ithaca College ITHACA-W (7-7)
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Ithaca College ITHACA-W
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Vassar Rolls To Eighth Straight Victory

Brewers sweep singles competition

Ithaca, NY – The #32 Vassar College Women's Tennis team earned its eighth straight victory and remained unbeaten in conference play Saturday night with an 8-1 road win at Ithaca. The Brewers won all six of Saturday's singles matches, with Erin McCusker (Norton, MA) winning her 12th straight decision.
 
Saturday's win moves Vassar to 10-3 overall on the season and a perfect 3-0 in Liberty League play, while the Bombers slip back to the .500 mark at 7-7 overall.
 
Doubles
  • Vassar opened up a 2-1 lead on Ithaca and posting victories at the second and third doubles positions.
  • Moving up to the second slot for the first time this season, Ananya Krishnan (Chesterbrook, PA) and Elyse Duley (Charlotte, NC) won their eighth straight match as a team with a tight 8-6 victory, moving to 11-2 together on the season.
  • The third pair of Iris Li (Palo Alto, CA) and Maddie Kirby (Davidson, NC) cruised to an 8-3 victory, improving to 10-3 together.
 
Singles
  • The Brewers dominated the singles competition, winning all six matches on Saturday.
  • McCusker, who has not faltered at the top singles position since February 23, blanked her opponent on Saturday by scores of 6-0, 6-0 to improve to 12-1 on the season.
  • Macey Dowd (Orinda, CA) improved to 10-3 on the season following an impressive 6-2, 6-0 victory at second singles.
  • Li continued a strong sophomore season on Saturday with a 7-5, 6-2 victory at third singles, pushing her record to 11-2 on the season.
  • Playing at the fourth slot for the fifth straight match, Krishnan won her eighth straight decision and moved to 11-2 in singles play following a 6-1, 6-0 victory.
  • Kirby moved to 4-1 playing at fifth singles and 8-5 after posting a 6-3, 6-2 triumph for the Brewers.
  • Duley recorded her seventh straight victory and moved to 8-4 for the Brewers after besting her opponent at the sixth position by scores of 6-0, 6-4.
 
What's Next
  • Following a quick turnaround, Vassar returns to the court Sunday afternoon at RIT.
  • Ithaca welcomes Bard on Sunday.
 
Doubles
Crain/Rodriguez (IC) def. Erin McCusker/Macey Dowd (VC), 8-6
Ananya Krishnan/Elyse Duley (VC) def. Cheung/Kendall (IC), 8-6
Iris Li/Maddie Kirby (VC) def. Casell-Lepetina/Sutro (IC), 8-3
 
Singles
Erin McCusker (VC) def. Crain (IC), 6-0, 6-0
Macey Dowd (VC) def. Rodriguez (IC), 6-2, 6-0
Iris Li (VC) def. Curley (IC), 7-5, 6-2
Ananya Krishnan (VC) def. Cheung (IC), 6-1, 6-0
Maddie Kirby (VC) def. Casell-Lepetina (IC), 6-3, 6-2
Elyse Duley (VC) def. Sutro (IC), 6-0, 6-4
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