WELLESLEY, Mass.—The Skidmore College women's tennis team edged Wellesley 5-4 in a match-up of nationally ranked teams Sunday afternoon. The 23^rd ranked Thoroughbreds are 9-3, while #34 Wellesley is 6-4, losing for the first time in five matches.

• Skidmore went 2-1 in doubles behind wins at number two and number three. Grace Truong and Ella Provost won 8-4 and Konika Dhull and Sofia Carlsson were 8-3 winners at number three.
• Dhull came back to post a hard fought 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 win at number three singles. Provost pulled off the same comeback, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 at number five singles. Truong had the other singles win at number four, 6-4, 6-2.
• Skidmore is at Vassar on April 16 for a key Liberty League showdown.

 
Coach Curt Speerschneider: "Two very tough and gritty wins the last two days against two national top 30 programs.  These were definitely team effort wins and everyone played with a tremendous amount of confidence and poise to gut out the points we needed.  Shout out to our first-year players for really staying focused and tough all weekend and getting some crucial points for us on both days.  We excited to keep working to build on these matches these lasts few weeks of our regular season coming up."