For Immediate Release
Sept. 18, 2007
Contact: Lauren Ferrett
Wellesley College Tennis Downs Wheaton
NORTON, MA – For the third straight match, the Wellesley College tennis team cruised to a 9-0 victory, this time downing Wheaton College. The Blue swept all three doubles matches and then went 6-0 in singles matches to earn the win.
Jennifer Schwarzkopf (Hinsdale, IL) won a hard-fought singles match 6-4, 7-6(4) at number one and also teamed with Trish Devine (Westport, MA) in the number one doubles slot to earn an 8-3 win.
At number three singles, first year Shivani Saxena (Milan, Italy) did not drop a game in her 6-0, 6-0 win over Wheaton's Katie Kneis. Another Wellesley first year, Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, CA) picked up an easy win at number three four singles earning a 6-1, 6-0 victory.
Shen also teamed up with captain Hali Walther (Navarre, FL) to win their number two doubles match 8-0.
The loss was the first of the season for Wheaton dropping them to 5-1. For Wellesley, the win was the 30th-straight conference victory. The Blue improve their record to 3-0 and will next be in action at MIT for ITA's.
Wellesley def. Wheaton, 9-0
Singles
Jennifer Schwarzkopf (WELL) def. Catherine Teague (WC), 6-4, 7-6
Trish Devine (WELL) def. Sarah Geocaris (WC), 6-3, 6-0
Shivani Saxena (WELL) def. Katherine Knies (WC), 6-0, 6-0
Jacqueline Shen (WELL) def. Ellen Van Faasen (WC), 6-1, 6-0
Mohona Siddique (WELL) def. Maya Milic-Strkalj (WC), 6-1, 6-2
Malika Hayashi (WELL) def. Chelsea Cordes (WC), 6-1, 6-0
*Emily Tramont (WELL) def. Bethany Pine (WC), 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES
Schwarzkopf/Devine (WELL) def. Teague/Geocaris (WC), 8-3
Shen/Hali Walther (WELL) def. Knies/Milic-Strkalj (WC), 8-0
Siddique/Jenny Kendall (WELL) def. Van Faasen/Cordes (WC), 8-2
*Hayashi/N. Herrmann (WELL) def. Slotnick/Walgren (SC), 8-1
*Exhibition