ITHACA, N.Y.— The last time Skidmore wasn't the Liberty League women's tennis champion, Barack Obama was in the early part of his first team in office, Apple just released something called an iPad, and Harry Styles was an unknown in an unknown boy band called One Direction.The 2023 edition of Skidmore women's tennis didn't disappoint, beating top seed Vassar 5-2 Sunday to make it 12 straight titles. The win avenged last week's regular season 5-4 loss to the Brewers.
 
The win secures a 16^th straight NCAA Division III tournament berth for the 12-7 Thoroughbreds. The field will be announced on May 1 at 12 p.m. with regional action beginning on May 5.

• Skidmore got off the important 2-1 start after winning at number 2 and 3 doubles. Tournament Most Outstanding Player Konika Dhull and Beilynn Geiss beat Tatum Blalock and Elyse Duley 8-3 at number three, while Ella Provost and Grace Truong took care of business at number two with an 8-5 win over Iris Li and Macey Dowd.
• Dhull came through with the first of three straight set singles wins to clinch it. She beat Sofie Shen 6-1. 6-0 at number four. Provost shook off a tight first set to win at number five 7-6 (5), 6-1 over Li. May Lal clinched it at number one 6-3, 6-1 against Macey Dowd.
• Dhull went unbeaten at singles and doubles to earn the MOP Award.
• Skidmore has won 18 Liberty League championships. Since the shift to a six-team tournament in 2015, Skidmore and Vassar have met in the championship match seven times with the Thoroughbreds prevailing in all seven matches.
• Skidmore entered the weekend ranked third in the NCAA Region II rankings, behind NYU and Vassar.
• Coach Curt Speerschneider: "Every championship the last 12 years is special, but this year had to be the most earned. This is the first time the league has had three nationally ranked teams, and we'd have to beat both of them to win the title. Having the tougher draw we knew we had to step up, which is exactly what this team did.  I'm so proud of how they came back after the loss last weekend and played both matches this weekend with a huge amount of confidence, desire, and resolve. They were locked in together and made the choice together. I've found there's very little this team can't achieve when they do that. We're going to be a very dangerous matchup for anyone at NCAAs next week. We're excited to being dancing again."