Women’s Tennis Opens Spring Season At Smith, MIT

Home opener set for March 22

Poughkeepsie, NY – The Vassar College Women's Tennis team kicks-off the 2025 spring season this weekend with road matches at Smith and MIT. Friday's match at Smith is set for 3:00 p.m. with Saturday's contest scheduled for 11:00 a.m.

Vassar At A Glance

The Brewers concluded the 2023-24 season with a 16-4 overall record and an unbeaten 8-0 mark against Liberty League rivals.
Vassar earned the top seed in the 2024 Liberty League Championship and advanced to the Final, falling to Skidmore in a tight 5-3 decision.
Erin McCusker (Norton, MA) had a standout season for the Brewers, earning a berth into the NCAA Division III Individual Championship in St. Louis, MO.
The Brewers posted an impressive 83-25 record in singles matches, including a 31-4 mark in conference contests.
In doubles play, Vassar recorded a 41-15 record and a 14-3 mark in league competition.

Returners

McCusker headlines a talented group of returners for the Brewers after posting a 15-4 mark in dual meet matches a season ago, playing at the top flight. McCusker added 11 doubles wins at the top flight on her way to being named First Team All-Conference in both singles and doubles and the Liberty League Player of the Year.
Macey Dowd (Orinda, CA) was also named First Team All-League in both singles and doubles a season ago after posting a 14-4 singles record at second singles and teaming with McCusker for 11 triumphs at the top doubles flight.
Iris Li (Palo Alto, CA) is coming off a 2023-24 season that ended with a Liberty League Honorable Mention citation after going 12-4 at third singles and adding 13 wins in doubles play.
Ananya Krishnan (Chesterbrook, PA) posted a stellar 16-2 record playing at three different singles positions, including an unblemished 9-0 mark at the third slot. Krishnan also teamed with Elyse Duley (Charlotte, NC) 16-2 mark in doubles competition.
In addition to the 16 wins in doubles play, Duley racked up 11 singles victories, including 10 at the sixth position, a season ago.
Sophomore Maddie Kirby (Davidson, NC) put together a strong rookie season in 2023-24, compiling a 12-6 singles record while joining Li at the second doubles slot for 13 more victories.
Sophomore Sara Lippin (Chappaqua, NY) posted a 1-0 record in singles play as a rookie of the Brewers.
Esme Nix (Altadena, CA) won two of the three singles matches contested as a rookie and teamed with Lippin for a win in doubles play.
Sofie Shen (New York, NY) is set to return to the Vassar lineup after being named First Team All-Conference in doubles in 2022-23 and advancing to the ITA Cup in doubles play teamed with McCusker last fall.

Newcomers

Sieun Lee (Wake Forest, NC) put together a strong 2024 fall season, going 3-2 in singles play and adding three more victories in doubles competition.
Liya Pomfret (Berkeley, CA) will also look to crack the Vassar lineup in the spring, after posting a singles win and a pair of doubles victories during the fall.

The Schedule

Vassar will play its first eight matches of the spring away from home.
Following this weekend's matches, the Brewers will travel to Williams before heading to California to play five matches over Spring Break.
Vassar opens the home schedule against league rival William Smith on March 22.
The Brewers will also play host to Bates, Ithaca, RIT, RPI and Hamilton during the spring campaign.
Road matches include visits to St. Lawrence, Skidmore, Union and Bard.

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