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Winner Vassar VASSARW (10-5)
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Rochester URW (7-9)
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Vassar VASSARW
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Final
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Rochester URW
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Women’s Tennis Downs Rochester, Runs Winning Streak To Seven Matches

Krishnan wins eighth straight singles decision

Rochester, NY – The Vassar College Women's Tennis team opened a busy weekend Friday afternoon with a 5-2 non-conference victory at Rochester. Senior Ananya Krishnan (Chesterbrook, PA) won her team leading 11th singles decision in the victory.
 
Vassar's seventh straight victory pushes the Brewers to 10-5 on the season with the loss dropping the Yellow Jackets to 7-9 overall.
 
Doubles
  • The Brewers claimed the doubles point on Friday with victories at all three flights.
  • Erin McCusker (Norton, MA) and Iris Li (Palo Alto, CA) won their sixth straight decision and improved to 8-6 on the season with a 6-0 blanking of Rochester's top pair at the first flight.
  • Krishnan teamed with Maddie Kirby (Davidson, NC) for a hard fought 7-6 (7-4) victory that moved the pair to 9-3 on the season with their sixth straight triumph.
  • At the third position, Sieun Lee (Wake Forest, NC) and Sara Lippin (Chappaqua, NY) improved to a perfect 6-0 as a unit with a 6-3 victory.
 
Singles
  • McCusker won her fourth straight decision at the top flight on Friday following a 6-0, 7-6 (7-5) victory for the Brewers, clinching the victory for Vassar.
  • Krishnan competed at the second position for the first time this spring and posted a 6-3, 6-3 win, moving her singles record to 11-3.
  • Kirby battled to a 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 victory at the third flight on Friday, winning her sixth straight singles match and improving to 9-3 on the season.
  • Sophomore Liya Pomfret (Berkeley, CA) won for the ninth time this spring following a 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 fourth singles win.
 
What's Next
  • Vassar stays in Rochester to take on league rival RIT Saturday afternoon.
  • Rochester hosts Geneseo on Saturday.
 
Doubles
Erin McCusker/Iris Li (VC) def. Karnam/Toor (UR), 6-0
Ananya Krishnan/Maddie Kirby (VC) def. Dania/Kallas (UR), 7-6 (7-4)
Sieun Lee/Sara Lippin (VC) def. Caldwell/Wang (UR), 6-3
 
Singles
Erin McCusker (VC) def. Yang (UR), 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
Ananya Krishnan (VC) def. Toor (UR), 6-3, 6-3
Maddie Kirby (VC) def. Kornbluth (UR), 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
Liya Pomfret (VC) def. Kallas (UR), 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
Karnam (UR) def. Gwendolyn Gray (VC), 7-5, 6-2
Dania (UR) def. Sara Lippin (VC), 6-3, 6-3
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