For Immediate Release
March 27, 2008
Contact: Lauren Ferrett
Wellesley Tennis Falls to #12 Gustavus Alolphus
LEXINGTON, Va. – The Wellesley College tennis team fell to 12th-ranked Gustavus Adolphus 6-3 at the Fab Five Tournament in Lexington, Virginia.
Wellesley played three close doubles matches but picked up their only win at number three where Shivani Saxena (Milan, Italy) and Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, CA) were 9-7 winners. The Blue team of Trish Devine (Westport, MA) and Jen Schwarzkopf (Hinsdale, IL) lost a tough match in tiebreaker at number two while Jenna Mezin (Haiku, HI) and Hali Walther (Navarre, FL) fell in a close 8-6 first-flight match.
In singles, Mezin and Saxena were winners for Wellesley. Mezin picked up a 6-3, 4-6, 11-9 win over Jenni White at number one while Saxena defeated Erica Dobson 6-2, 7-6 at the number five position.
The Blue return home this weekend to host the 2008 Seven Sisters Championships. Action begins at 9:00am on Saturday and continues through Sunday. The schedule of the event is available online at: 2008 Seven Sisters Tennis
Wellesley College Tennis
#12 Gustavus Adolphus 6, #15 Wellesley 3
March 27, 2008
Doubles
1. Jenni White/Sierra Krebsbach (GA) def. Jenna Mezin/Hali Walther (WC), 8-6
2. Sam Frank/Ali O’Neal (GA) def. Trish Devine/Jen Schwarzkopf (WC), 9-8 (7-5)
3. Shivani Saxena/Jacqueline Shen (WC) def. Erica Dobson/Laura Arnebeck (GA), 9-7
*Mohona Siddique/Meghan Stubblebine (WC) def. Brittany Templin/Christine Reimer (GA), 8-2
*Jenny Arnfelt/Marianne Barau (GA) def. Jane Booth-Tobin/Alex Lucas (WC), 8-3
Singles
1. Mezin (WC) def. White (GA), 6-3, 4-6, 11-9
2. Krebsbach (GA) def. Schwarzkopf (WC), 6-3, 6-1
3. Frank (GA) def. Stubblebine (WC), 6-3, 6-3
4. O’Neal (GA) def. Devine (WC), 5-7, 6-4, 10-5
5. Saxena (WC) def. Dobson (GA), 6-2, 7-6
6. Arnfelt (GA) def. Walther (WC), 6-1, 6-4
*Shen (WC) def. Arnabeck (GA), 6-4, 6-2
*Siddique (WC) def Rhymer (GA), 6-2, 6-4
*Kendall (WC) def. Burrah (GA), 6-1, 6-1
*Lucas (WC) def. Templin (GA), 6-2, 6-1
*Booth-Tobin (WC) def. Anderson (GA), 8-5
*Herman (WC) def. Anderson (GA), 8-1
*Exhibition match