For Immediate Release
April 19, 2008
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Tennis Falls to #3 Amherst College
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley College tennis team dropped a 8-1 decision to visiting Amherst College on Saturday afternoon at Wellesley. Amherst, ranked #3 in the country, improves to 12-1 on the season, while #8 Wellesley finishes the regular season at 19-4.
Amhest swept the doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead. For Wellesley, the closest match came at third singles where the team of Shivani Saxena (Milan, Italy) and Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, CA) took the set into the tiebraker, falling 9-8(3).
In the singles matches, Amherst took five out of six decisions to seal the 8-1 win. Picking up the lone win for Wellesley was Meghan Stubblebine (Cumming, GA) who picked up an easy 6-3, 6-3 win over Monica Snyder at third singles. Wellesley's Trish Devine (Westport, MA) took her fourth-flight match into three sets before falling to Laken King while Saxena also played three sets before bowing to Natasha Brown, 6-1, 5-7, 10-4.
Today's match was the final home match for Wellesley College seniors Trish Devine, Jenny Kendall, Jenna Mezin and Hali Walther. The class of 2008 will graduate as the most successful class in Wellesley Tennis history, compiling a four-year record of 78-11. Under their direction, Wellesley has won the past four New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Championships as well as the last four Seven Sisters titles.
Wellesley will now await pairings for the 2008 NCAA National Championship Tournament which begins on May 2.
Wellesley College Tennis, April 19, 2008
#3 Amherst 8, #8 Wellesley 1
Doubles
#1. Brittany Berckes/Alicia Menezes (A) def. Jenna Mezin/Hali Walther (W), 8-4
#2. Jill Wexler/Natasha Brown (A) def. Trish Devine/Jen Schwarzkopf (W), 8-2
#3. Laura Stein/Jennifer Murphy (A) def. Shivani Saxena/Jacqueline Shen (W), 9-8 (3)
Exhibition Doubles
#4. Anuja Ankola/Jennifer Ouyang (A) def. Mohona Siddique/Meghan Stubblebine (W), 8-3
#5. Carlissa King/Amelia Bell (A) def. Alex Lucas/Jane Booth-Tobin (W), 8-3
#6. Jennifer Kim/Charlotte Wilinsky (A) def. Jenny Kendall/Nathalie Herman (W), 8-2
Singles
#1. Brittany Berckes (A) def. Jenna Mezin (W), 7-5, 6-3
#2. Jill Wexler (A) def. Jen Schwarzkopf (W), 6-1, 6-1
#3. Meghan Stubblebine (W) def. Monica Snyder (A), 6-3, 6-3
#4. Trish Devine (W) def. Laken King (A), 1-6, 6-4, 10-7
#5. Natasha Brown (A) def. Shivani Saxena (W), 6-1, 5-7, 10-4
#6. Carlissa King (A) def. Jacqueline Shen (W), 6-1, 6-3
Exhibition Singles
#7. Jennifer Murphy (A) def. Hali Walther (W), 6-3, 6-0
#8. Anuja Ankola (A) def. Mohona Siddique (W), 6-1, 6-4
#9. Jennifer Ouyang (A) def. Jenny Kendall (W), 6-3, 5-7, 10-5
#10. Alex Lucas (W) def. Amelia Bell (A), 6-2, 6-4
#11. Charlotte Wilinsky (A) def. Jane Booth-Tobin (W), 6-0, 6-0
#12. Laura Stein (A) def. Nathalie Herman (W), 8-0