TROY, N.Y. – The Mount Holyoke women's tennis team won four of six singles matches and defeated Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 5-4, this afternoon at Sharp Courts. With the win the Lyons improve to 3-4 this spring, while the Engineers fall to 3-6 overall.

RPI senior Christine Roe (Phoenix, AZ/North) won at first singles, and junior Jessica Sitzer (Rockaway, NJ/Morris Hills ) came back to win at second singles, but Mount Holyoke's 3-6 singles competitors came away with wins, including Heather Richardson (Holden, MA/Massachusetts Math & Science), who came away victorious in the fourth spot.

Roe and Sitzer combined to win at first flight doubles (8-2), while Engineers Zosia Casterline (Farmington, MI/Farmington) and Brianna Dickie (Acton, MA/Acton Regional) teamed up for a third doubles victory (8-2).

Rensselaer is back in action on April 14, when it hosts SUNY-Cobleskill at Sharp Courts (4pm).

Singles

1. Roe (RPI) def. Natalie Hsiang (HOL): 6-2, 6-4
2. Sitzer (RPI) def. Sarah Moore (HOL): 7-6 (7-2) 2-6, 6-0
3. Sarah London (HOL) def. Casterline (RPI): 7-5, 6-0
4. Richardson (HOL) def. Dickie (RPI): 6-4, 7-5
5. My-Linn Nguyen (HOL) def. Hetal Baman (RPI): 6-0, 6-1
6. Carly Peltier (HOL) def. Kim Viles (RPI): 6-4, 6-0

Doubles

1. Roe & Sitzer (RPI) def. Hsiang & Moore (HOL): 8-2
2. Nguyen & London (HOL) def. Viles & Baman (RPI): 8-1
3. Casterline & Dickie (RPI) def. Richardson & Peltier (HOL): 8-2