Women's Tennis Drops Hard Fought Match, 5-4 - RPI Athletics

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WELLESLEY, Mass. - The Wellesley College tennis team eked out a 7-6, 5-4 win in the deciding match for a hard fought 5-4 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) inside Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon. RPI drops to 5-2, while their opponent is 1-1.

With the match tied 4-4, the Blue's Cristiana DeAgazio (Winchester, Mass.) held off Sonya Khudyakov at No. 6 singles 7-5, 6-4 to give the home team its fifth point.

Wellesley (1-1) began the day by winning two of three doubles matches. DeAgazio, a sophomore, and senior Michelle Shen (Dallas, Texas) earned the first victory with an 8-2 win over Nitya Subramaniam (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Brooke Bauer (Butler, Penn.) on the third court. In the No. 1 doubles, sophomores Annissa Mu (Saratoga, Calif.) and Melinda Alviar (Indianapolis, Ind.) went down to the wire with Alex Mednikova (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Rani Jones (New Market, Md.) with the Blue hanging on to a 8-7, 7-5 victory.

Rensselaer's duo of Krisia Flores Gonzalez (Sugar Land, Texas) and Lorna Flores Gonzalez (Sugar Land, Texas) defeated Michaela Markwart (Hanover, Mass.) and Libby Chang (San Marino, Calif.) by a score of 8-4.

Mu kicked off the singles with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Lorna Flores Gonzalez in the No. 2 match. Following was a big win for Jones over Chang by a score of 6-1, 6-2. The No. 1 singles match between Mednikova and Markwart was a tight one with Mednikova earning a 7-5, 7-6 win for the Engineers. In the No. 5 matchup, Alviar picked up a 6-1, 6-4 win over Bauer, but the Engineers tied it as Subramaniam defeated Shen in three sets, 3-6, 6-2, 13-11.

DOUBLES
Melinda Alviar / Annissa Mu (WEL) def. Alex Mednikova / Rani Jones (RPIWT): 8-7 (7-5)
K. Flores Gonzalez / L. Flores Gonzalez (RPIWT) def. Michaela Markwart / Libby Chang (WEL): 8-4
Cristiana DeAgazio / Michelle Shen (WEL) def. Nitya Subramaniam / Brooke Bauer (RPIWT): 8-2

SINGLES
Alex Mednikova (RPIWT) def. Michaela Markwart (WEL): 7-5, 7-6 (4-0)
Annissa Mu (WEL) def. L. Flores Gonzalez (RPIWT): 6-1, 6-4
Rani Jones (RPIWT) def. Libby Chang (WEL): 6-1, 6-2
Nitya Subramaniam (RPIWT) def. Michelle Shen (WEL): 3-6, 6-2, 13-11
Melinda Alviar (WEL) def. Brooke Bauer (RPIWT): 6-1, 6-4
Cristiana DeAgazio (WEL) def. Sonya Khudyakov (RPIWT): 7-5, 6-4
 

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February 26, 2022 at 03:00PM
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Women's Tennis Drops Hard Fought Match, 5-4 - RPI Athletics

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