Women’s Tennis Finishes Regular Season With 1-1 Senior Weekend

Friday, April 10

West Point, N.Y.

1:00 p.m.

Army West Point

Lehigh

Army Women's Tennis' seniors are recognized on senior day.

Women’s Tennis Finishes Regular Season With 1-1 Senior Weekend

April 12, 2026 | Women's Tennis

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point women's tennis recognized four outstanding senior cadet-athletes before Sunday's match against the Boston University Terriers. After Isabella Brilliant, Ylan Duong, Vennmukiil Mathivanan and Emma Sy were each honored, the teams dove into a competitive dual, with Army clawing back from an early deficit, but the Black Knights would ultimately finish the weekend 1-1 after dropping a 4-2 decision to the Terriers.

Army finishes the 2025-26 regular season 21-6, and 6-2 in Patriot League action. The Black Knights await the conference championship bracket ahead of next week's tournament.

The Black Knights previously defeated Lehigh on Friday, 4-0. That dual saw Army ride a pair of dominant doubles wins on its way to victories on singles courts four, five and six by Emily Ruckno, Duong and Stacey Samonte, respectively.

Army look to take that momentum into Sunday's match against BU, but a doubles tiebreaker loss on court three would give the visitors a lead they wouldn't relinquish.

Army did battle back from a 3-0 hole to get within 3-2. Ruckno won her second singles match of the weekend on Sunday, a three-set triumph over Madison Liu on court four. Then on court six, Samonte battled back from a first set loss to win in three sets. However, BU would clinch the dual with a three-set win on court three.

The full results are as follows.

Army 4, Lehigh 0

Doubles

1. Madison Smith / Isabella Brilliant (Army) DNF vs. Lena Dogadalski / Hannah Letzer (Lehigh): 4-4
2. Emily Ruckno / Olivia Mellynchuk (Army) def. Maggie Forkner / Alina Shyani (Lehigh): 6-2
3. Ylan Duong / Vennmukiil Mathivanan (Army) def. Audrey Harrington / Skye Yonehara (Lehigh): 6-1

Singles

1. Madison Smith (Army) DNF vs. Maggie Forkner (Lehigh): 4-6, 3-4
2. Vennmukiil Mathivanan (Army) DNF vs. Lena Dogadalski (Lehigh): 6-1, 4-1
3. Emma Sy (Army) DNF vs. Giselle Vlassis (Lehigh): 7-5, 1-3
4. Emily Ruckno (Army) def. Alina Shyani (Lehigh): 6-1, 6-4
5. Ylan Duong (Army) def. Ronit Khromchenko (Lehigh): 6-1, 6-2
6. Stacey Samonte (Army) def. Alice Ann Pantsari (Lehigh): 6-1, 6-0

Army 2, Boston U. 4

Doubles

1. Jiayi Liu / Gabriella Mikaul (BU) def. Madison Smith / Isabella Brilliant (Army): 6-2
2. Emily Ruckno / Olivia Mellynchuk (Army) def. Madison Liu / Blanka Demicheli (BU): 6-1
3. Yimei Emily Zhao / Rhea Rai (BU) def. Ylan Duong / Vennmukiil Mathivanan (Army): 7-6

Singles

1. Gabriella Mikaul (BU) def. Madison Smith (Army): 6-1, 7-6
2. Vennmukiil Mathivanan (Army) DNF vs. Jiayi Liu (BU): 7-5, 4-6
3. Ellie Gyuro (BU) def. Emma Sy (Army): 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
4. Emily Ruckno (Army) def. Madison Liu (BU): 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Blanka Demicheli (BU) def. Ylan Duong (Army): 6-3, 6-3
6. Stacey Samonte (Army) def. Yimei Emily Zhao (BU): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3

Next up

Army will begin action at the Patriot League Women's Tennis Championships on Friday with its quarterfinal match in Lewisburg, Pa.

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