For Immediate Release
October 2, 2007
Contact: Lauren Ferrett
Wellesley Tennis Downs Babson College
WELLESLEY, MA – The Wellesley College tennis team downed cross-town rival Babson College 7-2 on Tuesday evening in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match.
Wellesley took a 2-1 lead after winning number two and number three doubles and then won five out of six singles matches to earn the 7-2 victory.
Leading the way for the Blue was co-captain Jenny Kendall (Auburn, ME) who picked up two wins in the match. She first teamed up with Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, MD) to take their doubles match 8-5 over Jamie Burke (Burlington, MA) and Lorena Becerra (Key Biscayne, FL) and later was a 6-3, 6-1 winner at number five singles.
Babson’s scoring came from the doubles team of Courtney Farrell (Burlington, MA) and Heather Walsh (Warwick, RI) who picked up an 8-4 win while Walsh was also a winner at number three singles.
The loss drops Babson to 6-3 on the season. The Beavers will next face Springfield College on Saturday at 1:00pm.
The win was 32nd straight conference victory for the Blue who improve to 6-0 (5-0 NEWMAC). The team will be back in action on Saturday against Mount Holyoke at 1:00pm.
Wellesley College Tennis
October 2, 2007
Wellesley 7, Babson 2
Singles
1.) Jen Schwarzkopf (W) def. Courtney Farrell (B), 6-4, 6-1
2.) Trish Devine (W) def. Kali Hogan (B), 6-0, 6-1
3.) Heather Walsh (B) def. Meghan Stubblebine (W), 6-4, 6-3
4.) Mohona Siddique (W) def. Jes Huang (B), 7-6(8-6), DNF
5.) Jenny Kendall (W) def. Lorena Becerra (B), 6-3, 6-1
6.) Malika Hayashi (W) def. Liz Sheerin (B), 6-1, 6-1
*7.) Nathalie Herman (W) def. Jamie Burke (B), 6-2, 6-2
*8.) Emily Tramont (W) def. Lindsay Ford (B), 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1.) Farrell/Walsh (B) def. Walther/Shen (W), 8-4
2.) Stubblebine/Saxena (W) def. Hogan/Huang (B), 8-6
3.) Siddique/Kendall (W) def. Burke/Becerra (B), 8-5
*4) Hayashi/Tramont (W) def. Caroline Hobart/Nadja Adilovic (B), 8-0
*Exhibition match