Vassar Tennis Sweeps Hawks 9-0

The women’s tennis team hosted Vassar this afternoon and fell to the Brewers 9-0. The first singles duo of Dana Lim and Stephanie Schara put up a tough fight and trailed 5-4 before dropping the next three games for the 8-4 final. Schara also forced a tie break in second single but came up just short.

New Paltz will begin play at the SUNYAC Tournament on Friday in Syracuse, NY.

Vassar 9, New Paltz 0

Doubles:
#1 Nicole Pontee/Jamison Steele (V) def. Dana Lim/Stephanie Schara (NP), 8-4
#2 Joy Backer/Krista Romita (V) def. Lyndsey Lovinger/Lindsay Trifiletti (NP), 8-1
#3 Jennifer Beckerman/Alexandra Jacobson (V) def. Kerri Serkes/Calder Mills-Lexvold (NP), 8-2

Singles:
#1 Pontee (V) def. Lim (NP) 6-3, 6-0
#2 Romita (V) def. Schara (NP) 6-2, 7-6 (7-6)
#3 Beckerman (V) def. Lovinger (NP) 6-0, 6-0
#4 Caroline Dunn-Rankin (V) def. Ingrid Maryansky (NP) 6-3, 6-1
#5 Jacobsen (V) def. Serkes (NP), 6-1, 6-1
#6 Steele (V) def. Juliette Brandon (NP) 6-2, 6-2