LATHAM, NY – Sophomore All-American Josephine Libby earned a tough three-set singles win, earning the University of Rochester women's tennis team's lone point in an 8-1 loss against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday evening at Tri-City Fitness.
 
Libby edged Nikki Ridenour 6-7 (5), 6-4, 10-6 in her match at number one singles, providing the Yellowjackets (1-1) a bright spot in their first loss of the season.
 
RPI moves to 3-1 on the season with the win.
 
The host Engineers started the match out strong, earning a sweep of doubles play. The number two team of Alex Mednikova and Rani Jones started things off with an 8-1 victory over Stephanie Kim and Jasmin Toor. At third doubles, Sabrina Grewal paired with Masha Karach in an 8-3 win against Jaclyn Dron and Neha Dania.
 
Closing out doubles, Ridenour and Lorna Flores Gonzales nipped the UR top team of Libby and Sanjana Karnam by an 8-6 record.
 
RPI clinched the match with straight set sweeps from Lorna Gonzales and Jones at positions four and three, respectively. Gonzales won 6-1, 6-2 over Dania, with Jones following suit, earning a 6-0, 6-3 sweep against UR's Toor.
 
Brooke Bauer and Rola Abouzeina battled at #5, with Bauer emerging on the winning end of a 6-4, 6-4 decision before Krisia Flores Gonzales won in three sets over Kim at sixth singles (2-6, 6-1, 10-7).
 
Libby followed by earning her teams lone point of the night at number one before Mednikova won a tight bout with Karnam at number two. UR's first-year player won the opening set 7-5, before her opponent won two tight affairs in sets two and three to steal the victory. Mednikova won in a tiebreak 7-6 (3) in the second before needing extra points in the third set super breaker, winning 13-11 to finish off the RPI win.
 
Rochester completes its weekend action on Sunday with a matchup against Vassar College at 10 am on Sunday morning.