Women’s Tennis Wins 13th Straight Match, Clinches Top Seed In Liberty League Championship

Brewers finish league schedule unbeaten

Troy, NY – The #32 Vassar College Women's Tennis team closed the regular season with its 13^th straight victory following a 5-0 victory over #50 RPI Sunday afternoon. Due to weather the match was moved indoors while in progress and played to decision with Elyse Duley (Charlotte, NC) clinching the victory for Vassar.

Doubles

Vassar took all three of the doubles matches on Sunday to take a commanding 3-0 lead.
The top pair of Erin McCusker (Norton, MA) and Macey Dowd (Orinda, CA) cruised to an 8-3 victory against the Engineers, improving to 11-7 on the season.
At second doubles, Iris Li (Palo Alto, CA) and First Year Maddie Kirby (Davidson, NC) eased to an 8-1 decision, moving to 13-4 as a pair on the season.
At third doubles, Duley and Ananya Kirshnan (Chesterbrook, PA) won their 12^th straight decision with an 8-4 triumph for the Brewers.

Singles

Only two singles matches concluded on Sunday with Vassar clinching the win with victories at the third and sixth positions.
Li moved Vassar in front 4-0 after blanking the opponent at the third position 6-0, 6-0. Li moves to 13-3 on the season.
Duley clinched the win for Vassar and the top seed in the conference tournament with a 6-4, 6-3 victory. The win is Duley's 11^th straight wins and moves her singles record to 14-4 on the season.

What's Next

Vassar will be back in action in the Semifinal Round of the conference championship when it takes on the winner of St. Lawrence and Union on May 4.
RPI hosts Ithaca in the First Round on May 3.

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Players Mentioned

Macey Dowd: 5' 5"; Junior

Elyse Duley: 5' 3"; Junior

Iris Li: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Erin McCusker: 5' 4"; Sophomore

Maddie Kirby: 5' 7"; First Year

Players Mentioned

Macey Dowd
: 5' 5"; Junior

Elyse Duley
: 5' 3"; Junior

Iris Li
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Erin McCusker
: 5' 4"; Sophomore

Maddie Kirby
: 5' 7"; First Year