Women's Tennis Drops 8-1 Decision to RIT

ELMIRA, NY - The Elmira College Women’s Tennis team (3-6) faced off against conference opponent Rochester Institute of Technology (8-3) in an effort to make a final push going into the final week of the regular season. The Soaring Eagle netters looked to carry the momentum from their win over SUNY Brockport this past Wednesday.

In doubles action, the Soaring Eagle netters dropped all three decisions, yet pushed the Tigers in both the first and second spots. The duo of Torrie Robinson-Neff ’09 (Gloucester, MA -- Gloucester), and Rebecca Kingman ’11 (Hamilton, NJ -- Steinert) lost a hard fought match in a tiebreaker 9-8 (8-6) at second doubles. The captain tandem of Kimmy Kellett ’09 (Binghamton, NY -- Chenango Valley) and Emily Talbot ’09 (Cazenovia, NY -- Cazenovia) dropped their decision 8-5 after having chances to take leads early in the match.

The Soaring Eagles, down 3-0 looked to capture the match in the singles competition. Leading the way was Kingman, who won her third match in a row by a score of 7-5, 7-5. The win today puts Kingman’s record at 5-1 over the past three matches at singles and doubles. Following Kingman’s lead was Kellett. After a close match in doubles, Kellett regained her focus and pushed one of the conferences top singles players, but came up short by a score of 6-1, 6-3.

Rounding out the singles was Aradhna Taneja ’08 (New Delhi, India -- Hotchkiss School), who despite being shut out in the first set battled back in the second set and pushed her RIT opponent to a tiebreaker. The Soaring Eagle Netters look to build off of today’s tough loss as they enter a crucial span in the final week of their season.

The Soaring Eagle netters hit the road to face SUNY Oneonta on Tuesday, October 2nd at 4 p.m.

Rochester Inst. of Tech 8, Elmira College 1
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