ITHACA, N.Y.- The Ithaca College women's tennis team returned to the Liberty League Championship tournament as they were the No. 6 seeded team this season with a 6-12 overall record. The Bombers were defeated 4-0 by the nationally ranked No. 25 RPI Engineers who will play in the semifinals on Saturday.
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In doubles
Madeleine Sutro and
Ava Casell-Lapetina were defeated 6-0.
Lauren Rodriguez and
Alys Pop were defeated 6-1. Meanwhile,
Taylor Crain and
Sabrina Cheung were winning their unfinished match 3-2, but the Engineers clinched the point to go up 1-0.
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In singles action Casell-Lapetina put up the best fight for the Bombers, falling 6-3 and 6-4 in consecutive sets to Taylor Chandler at No. 6 singles.
Sabrina Cheung had a valiant effort against Gauri Muliyil but ultimately fell 6-3 and 6-1. Then
Taylor Crain and
Alys Pop were both amidst their matches as competition ended, each playing in the third set. Crain and Pop both lost the first set 6-4 and won the second 6-3.
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Mari Mitchell finished her first season with the Bombers with a 2-6 record in the Liberty League.
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