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Priyanka Challapalli prepares to serve during women's tennis practice in September 2025
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Priyanka Challapalli '27
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Winner Hamilton HAMW2526 (1-0)
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Rochester URW (3-4)
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Rochester URW
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Jim Taylor

Women's tennis starts spring portion of schedule with win at Rochester

Challapalli '27, Rainero '26 and Farah '29 claimed victories in singles and doubles play

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Hamilton College Continentals opened the spring portion of their schedule with a 6-1 non-conference victory against the University of Rochester Yellowjackets inside Rochester's Goergen Athletic Center on Saturday, Feb. 28.
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (1-0 overall) was competing for the first time since October 2025.
  • Rochester (3-4) lost for the fourth time in its last five matches.
 

How It Happened

  • The Continentals picked up the team doubles point by winning two of the three matches.
  • Priyanka Challapalli '27, Mona Farah '29 and Samantha Rainero '26 triumphed in both their singles and doubles matches. All three prevailed in straight sets in singles.
  • Grace Qian '27 outlasted Jasmin Toor in three sets at No. 4 singles.
  • Muhan Cui '28 won at No. 6 singles in a match highlighted by a 12-10 decision in the third set super-tiebreaker.
 

Notes

  • Challapalli and Hannah Walpole '26, playing as doubles partners for the first time this season, collected their 11th career win together.
  • Farah and Rainero recorded their first win as a doubles team. Rainero leads the Continentals with six doubles victories.
  • Challapalli picked up her 20th career singles win.
  • Rainero is a team-best 8-3 in singles.
  • Farah owns a 7-4 singles record and Cui is 6-3.
 

Next Match

The Continentals stay in Western New York and take on Rochester Institute of Technology (3-4) on Sunday, March 1 at 1 p.m.
 
 
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