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Sara Lippin
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0
Bard College BARD-W (2-8, 0-7 LL)
7
Winner Vassar VASSARW (12-3, 5-0 LL)
Bard College BARD-W
(2-8, 0-7 LL)
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Final
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Vassar VASSARW
(12-3, 5-0 LL)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Vassar Blanks Bard, Pushes Winning Streak To 10 Matches

Lippin scores first career victory

Poughkeepsie, NY – The #40 Vassar College Women's Tennis team scored its 10th straight victory Friday afternoon following a 7-0 win over Bard. In the win, First Year Sara Lippin (Chappaqua, NY) recorded her first career victory.
 
With the win over Bard, a match in which the Brewers did not drop a single game, Vassar improves to 12-3 overall and 5-0 in conference play, while Bard drops to 2-8 overall and 0-7 against league rivals.
 
The Brewers' second match of the day at New Paltz was called due to weather before the singles competition could be completed.
 
Doubles
  • Vassar's top pair of Erin McCusker (Norton, MA) and Macey Dowd (Orinda, CA) moved to 9-6 on the season with a convincing 8-0 victory.
  • Playing in their fist doubles match together on the season, Lippin and Esme Nix (Altadena, CA) scored an 8-0 victory at the second position.
  • There was not a third doubles match contested on Friday.
 
Singles
  • McCusker got back into the win column at the top flight on Friday with a 6-0, 6-0 victory to move to 13-2 on the season.
  • Dowd, also a 6-0, 6-0 winner at the second position, won her fourth straight singles decision and improved to 12-3 on the year.
  • First Year Maddie Kirby (Davidson, NC) moved up to the third position for the first time this season and scored a 6-0, 6-0 win. The victory was Kirby's third straight singles win and moved her record to 10-5.
  • Lippin made her first career appearance in singles play against the Raptors at the fourth slot and posted an impressive 6-0, 6-0 triumph.
  • Nix moved to 2-1 on the season playing at the fifth position on Friday, posting a 6-0, 6-0 victory.
  • There was not a sixth singles match contested on Friday.
 
What's Next
  • Vassar plays host to Union on Saturday afternoon.
  • Bard plays host to St. Lawrence on Sunday.
 
Doubles
Erin McCusker/Macey Dowd (VC) def. Kelly/Houghton (Bard), 8-0
Sara Lippin/Esme Nix (VC) def. Mulco/Kyrtoka (Bard), 8-0
No third doubles match
 
Singles
Erin McCusker (VC) def. Kelly (Bard), 6-0, 6-0
Macey Dowd (VC) def. Houghton (Bard), 6-0, 6-0
Maddie Kirby (VC) def. Mulco (Bard), 6-0, 6-0
Sara Lippin (VC) def. Mainieri (Bard), 6-0, 6-0
Esme Nix (VC) def. Kyrtoka (Bard), 6-0, 6-0
No sixth singles match
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