Championship Bracket

How it Happened
The eighth-seeded Rhode Island tennis took ninth-seeded Duquesne down to the wire but dropped a 4-3 decision to the Dukes in the opening round of the Atlantic 10 Championship at Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va. Rhody captured the doubles point but came up short in singles play, winning just two of six matches.

With the new single-elimination format at the conference championship, the Rams end their season with an overall record of 12-8

Doubles

• No. 1 - K.Leikem/T.Leikem (URI) def. O'Sullivan/Li; 8-6
• No. 2 - Steiner/Gruber (DUQ) def. Uy/Asokaraj; 8-4
• No. 3 - Emery/Wojciak (URI) def. Majdalani/Consonery; 9-8 (3)

Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles

• No. 1 - Vanessa Steiner (DUQ) def. Pam Emery; 6-0, 6-1
• No. 2 - Kirsten Leikem (URI) def. Megan O'Sullivan; 7-5, 7-1
• No. 3 - Judy Li (DUQ) def. Tristany Leikem; 7-6 (7), 6-4
• No. 4 - Chandler Consonery (DUQ) def. Kathleen Uy; 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• No. 5 - Nithila Asokaraj (URI) def. Paula Gruber; 7-5, 6-4
• No. 6 - Tara Majdalani (DUQ) def. Karolina Wojciak; 6-1, 7-6 (5)

Order of Finish:  1, 2, 5, 6, 4, 3