Box Score Santa Cruz, CA – The Vassar College Women's Tennis team closed out its trip to California Saturday afternoon with a hard fought 4-3 loss at UC Santa Cruz. Vassar won all three doubles matches on Saturday with
Iris Li (Palo Alto, CA) and
Elyse Duley (Charlotte, NC) earning singles victories.
Saturday's defeat drops Vassar to 3-4 overall on the season, while UC Santa Cruz improves to 5-4.
Doubles
- Vassar took all three doubles matches on Saturday, earning the doubles point against the Banana Slugs.
- The top pair of Erin McCusker (Norton, MA) and Sofie Shen (New York, NY) cruised to a 6-1 victory.
- The second pair of Li and Macey Dowd (Orinda, CA) blanked their opponents 6-0.
- The third position clinched the point for Vassar with Maddie Kirby (Davidson, NC) and Duley posting a 6-2 triumph.
Singles
- UC Santa Cruz jumped in front 3-2 with wins at the fourth, first and fifth positions.
- Duley won at six to make the score 2-1 in favor of Vassar, posting a 6-1, 6-1 victory.
- Li evened the score at 3-3 with a hard fought 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 win at the second position.
- The Banana Slugs clinched the victory in the final match to finish, with Dowd edged at the third spot by scores of 6-3, 2-6, 3-6.
What's Next
- Vassar returns east to open Liberty League play against William Smith on March 22.
- UC Santa Cruz hosts Colorado College on March 21.
Doubles
Erin McCusker/
Sofie Shen (VC) def. Beckman/Sprenger (UCSC), 6-1
Iris Li/
Macey Dowd (VC) def. Damojipurapu/Wu (UCSC), 6-0
Maddie Kirby/
Elyse Duley (VC) def. Van Houten/Ghaffari (UCSC), 6-2
Singles
Beckman (UCSC) def.
Erin McCusker (VC), 6-4, 6-0
Iris Li (VC) def. Sprenger (UCSC), 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
Damojipurapu (UCSC) def.
Macey Dowd (VC), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Wu (UCSC) def.
Sieun Lee (VC), 6-2, 6-4
Ghaffari (UCSC) def.
Sofie Shen (VC), 6-3, 6-2
Elyse Duley (VC) def. Walker (UCSC), 6-1, 6-1
