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Katherine Almquist
Kyle Lancto
Katherine Almquist
0
William Smith WSC (4-8, 0-3)
9
Winner Skidmore College SKIDMORE (5-3, 3-0)
William Smith WSC
(4-8, 0-3)
0
Final
9
Skidmore College SKIDMORE
(5-3, 3-0)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Thoroughbreds blank William Smith to start 3-match league weekend

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The No. 43 Skidmore College women's tennis team earned its third Liberty League victory in as many matches as the Thoroughbreds swept William Smith College 9-0. Skidmore improves to 5-3 overall, while the Herons are 4-8 (0-3 Liberty League).
  • Skidmore improves to 33-1 all-time against William Smith with 24 consecutive victories.
  • The Thoroughbreds dropped just five games in total in sweeping the three doubles matches
  • All six singles matches were won in straight sets with five of them allowing two-or-fewer sets lost.
  • Konika Dhull won at No. 1 doubles with Grace Truong before posting a 6-0, 6-2 win at first singles.
  • Truong won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.
  • The second doubles pairing of Katie Wong and Ella Provost won 8-2 before they were victorious at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively
  • Both partners at No. 3 doubles, Katherine Almquist and Beilynn Geiss, went on to capture their singles matches by identical scores of 6-1, 6-0
  • From head coach Curt Speerschneider: "Nice way to start a three-match weekend. We wanted to maintain good energy throughout and were able to do that. That converted to a good level of play, which obviously gave us some decisive wins."
  • The match was played indoors at the YMCA-Wilton.
UP NEXT: The Thoroughbreds face two conference foes on Sunday with a home contest against Rochester Institute of Technology at 9 a.m. and a road match at Bard College at 3 p.m.
 
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