ITHACA, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women’s tennis team came out victorious in their opening matchup at the Liberty League Championships on Friday afternoon, as the Engineers defeated the Ithaca College Bombers by a final score of 5-0 at the Reis Tennis Center.

RPI used a big 3-0 sweep in doubles play to begin the match, as the sister duo of Lorna Flores Gonzalez and Krisia Flores Gonzalez rose tot he occasion at No. 1 doubles with an 8-3 victory, while Brooke Bauer and Prisha Rapur led off the session with an 8-2 win. Rounding out doubles as Masha Karach and Lina Krumpel at No. 2 doubles, battling to an 8-5 victory.

In singles play, Rapur and Krisia Flores Gonzalez each took wins – with Rapur putting the Engineers at match point with a commanding 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles before Flores Gonzalez went 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. The remaining matches came to a halt, going unfinished.

The Engineers will now take on No. 2 seed Skidmore on Saturday starting at 5 p.m.