University of Rochester Athletics

A nationally-ranked squad from Vassar College proved too much for the host University of Rochester women's tennis team on Sunday, with the visitors coming away with an 8-1 win at the Goergen Athletic Center.
 
The Brewers, ranked #33 in the latest Division III poll, improve to 7-3 on the season, while Rochester falls to 3-4 in the dual match campaign.
 
Rochester's lone win on the day came from the top doubles combo of Josephine Libby and Sanjana Karnam. The UR team won by an 8-4 score over Macey Dowd and Erin McCusker in a match that featured the top two singles players as well from each squad.
 
Vassar jumped out to the lead in doubles, winning two of the three matches and continued its strong play into singles, winning five of the six matches in straight sets.
 
At second doubles, UR's Jaclyn Dron and Jasmin Toor battled to an 8-4 loss against Iris Li and Maddie Kirby. In the three spot, Vassar's Ananya Krishnan and Elyse Duley were 8-1 winners against Rochester's Neha Dania and Sahithi Mathukumilli.
 
As play turned to singles, Libby had the most success among the UR players in a battle between two nationally-ranked individual players in her and McCusker. Libby opened with a 6-4 win in the opening set and forced a tiebreak in set two, but McCusker edged that one out 7-6 (7-4). In the third, McCusker, the #14 player in Division III won another close affair, winning 10-8 to rally and win the match.
 
At two, Karnam fell to a regionally-ranked foe in Dowd, 6-1, 6-0, leading a charge of straight set wins over the remaining matches.
 
The Yellowjackets next match is set for Friday afternoon at Hamilton College in a road matchup at 4 pm.