For Immediate Release
Sept. 23, 2007
Contact: Lauren Ferrett
Courtesy of Springfield Sports Information
Saxena Wins Singles Consolation Bracket at ITA Regional
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Wellesley College first-year Shivani Saxena (Milan, Italy) won the consolation bracket at the 2007 ITA New England Regional held at MIT. In the finals, Saxena defeated Brandeis number-one Rachel Rosman 6-2, 6-3.
Also competing at MIT, Jennifer Schwarzkopf (Hinsdale, IL) won her first two singles matches before falling to top-seeded Alicia Menezes of Amherst College. Menezes earlier defeated Trish Devine (Westport, MA) who had advanced to the second round with a 6-1, 3-6, 10-2 win over Vassar's Kelly Barnett.
In the doubles tournament, two Wellesley teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The team of Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, CA) and Hali Walther (Navarre, FL) defeated teams from Vassar and Babson before losing a tough 8-6 match to Baljon and Gibson from Williams. The paring of Schwarzkopf and Devine also won two matches before Marchese and Schneidman, also from Williams, ended the road for them.
Wellesley is back in action this Friday when the Blue host Bowdoin at 4:00pm.
Wellesley Results
(Final - Sunday, Sept. 23, 1:30PM)
Singles
Round 1 - Jennifer Schwarzkopf def. Amy Shaw (Springfield), 6-2, 6-2
Trish Devine def. Kelly Barnett (Vassar), 6-1, 3-6, 10-2
Leslie Hansen (MIT) def. Shivani Saxena, 6-2,7-6(8-6)
Lucy Marchese (Williams) def. Megan Stubblebine, 6-0, 6-2
Round 2 - Schwarzkopf def. Whitney Hanson (Middlebury), 6-4, 6-1
Alicia Menezes (Amherst) def. Devine, 6-2, 6-2
Round 3 - Alicia Menezes (Amherst) def. Schwarzkopf, 6-2, 6-3
Singles Consolation
Round 1 - Saxena def. Melissa Weinstein (Springfield), 6-0, 6-2
Stubblebine def. Audrey Jacobsen (Colby), 6-0, 6-1
Round 2 - Saxena def. Allison Rottkamp, (Williams), 6-1, 2-6, 10-6
Stubblebine def. Jessica Bender (Conn.), 6-0, 6-2
Round 3 - Saxena def. Rachel Waldman, (Bowdoin), 6-4, 6-4
Stubblebine def. Cecila Grissa (Bates), 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
Round 4 - Saxena def. Stubblebine, 6-4, 6-1
Championship- Saxena def. Rachel Rosman (Brandeis), 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
Round 1 - Hali Walther/Jacqueline Shen def. Courtney Farrell/Heather Walsh (Babson), 8-1
Devine/Schwarzkopf def. Rachel Ghorbani/Alexandra Sirois (Wesleyan), 8-5
Round 2 - Walther/Shen def. Elysa Kliman/Krista Romita (Vassar), 8-3
Devine/Schwarzkopf def. Amy Berkman/Whitney Hanson (Middlebury), 8-2
Round 3 - Marchese/Schneidman (Williams) def. Devine/Schwarzkopf, 8-5
Baljon/Gibson (Williams) def. Walther/Shen, 8-6