SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The No. 30 Skidmore College women's tennis team lost to No. 9 Amherst, 7-0, at the indoor courts of the McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center on Saturday afternoon.
"Some highly contested matches here. I don't think the 7-0 score reflects how close it was on the court. We left some opportunities out there. To beat a team like that, and break into the top 10, we need to capitalize on every opportunity," said head coach
Curt Speerschneider. "I think we need to just realize that we can take some of those opportunities and turn it on a team like this. All in learning and experience."
DOUBLES MATCHES
- The Thoroughbreds second doubles duo of Ella Provost and Beilynn Geiss came out on top against Amherst's Diop and Huang by a 6-4 margin.
- In the first doubles, Konika Dhull and Grace Truong lost to Amherst's Hart and Cui in a closely competitive 7-5 final score.
- In third doubles, Amherst took the overall doubles win after Skidmore's Juliette Ceas and Coco Prokop lost to Kintiroglou and Stechschulte, 6-2.
SINGLES MATCHES
- In first singles, Dhull lost in a three-set battle to Amherst's Cui. After initially falling 7-5 in the first set, the Skidmore senior forced the decisive third set with a tightly fought 7-6 win by winning the tiebreaks 7-5. However, Dhull fell in the third set by a 10-7 margin.
- In second singles, Truong lost to Amherst's Dounchis in straight sets after falling 6-1 and 6-4.
- In third singles, Provost lost to She of Amherst after falling 6-4 in the first set, before losing 6-3 in set two.
- In the fourth singles, Geiss lost to Amherst's Diop after initially dropping a highly-competitive first set 7-6 after losing the tiebreaks 7-3, before losing the second set 6-1.
- In fifth singles, Ceas lost to Amherst's Stechschulte in straight sets by final margins of 6-2 and 6-3.
- In sixth singles, Prokop lost to Amherst's Swire after being edged out in the first set 7-6 due to losing tiebreaks 7-5, before dropping straight sets with a 6-2 set two loss.
UP NEXT
Skidmore will take the court tomorrow in a road matchup at No. 8 Middlebury. The start time for the match is set for 1 PM.
