Match Results
FLUSHING, N.Y.—In a showdown of unbeaten HVIAC teams, Sarah Lawrence College women's tennis was toppled by Pratt Institute, 6-3, in a Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center on Saturday.
In doubles play, rookies
Autumn Atkinson (Manasquan, N.J./George School) and
Juliet Slade (St. Paul, Minn./Central) came away victorious in their No. 3 match, 8-3, winning their ninth-straight match as a partnership. The Cannoneers won the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches, carrying a 2-1 lead into singles play.
At No. 1 singles, Pratt's Agata Jakubowska preserved her undefeated record, improving to 7-0 on the season. Pratt also won the No. 2 match with a win by Rachel Caires, who is now 5-0.
SLC's Atkinson won her third straight match, picking up the No. 3 singles point, 10-4. The two-time HVIAC Player of the Week has won all seven of her matches playing at No. 3 or lower in the lineup.
Pratt clinched the match with wins at No. 4 and No. 5 singles. In No. 6 singles, Gryphon
Cecilia Ross (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) picked up the final point for the Green and White, winning her third straight match, 10-0.
Sarah Lawrence is set to take on HVIAC foe College of New Rochelle on Tuesday. The match is slated for 5 p.m. at SLC's Andrews Tennis Courts.