For Immediate Release
April 11, 2009
Courtesy Amherst Sports Information
Wellesley Tennis Falls to #6 Amherst
SOUTH HADLEY , Ma – Wellesley tennis, ranked #19 in Division III, fell to #6 Amherst College today, 8-1, at the indoor tennis facility at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. The win lifts Amherst to 12-1 on the season, while the Blue fell to 17-6 and snapped a four-match winning streak.
The Blue dropped all six singles matches to the powerful Jeffs, though Wellesley first-year Marie Watanabe (Houston, TX) pushed Amherst junior Brittany Berckes (Secaucus, NJ) in a 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 loss in #1 singles. Wellesley's sole win came in #1 doubles, where Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, MD) and Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, CA) teamed up to hand Berckes and sophomore Natasha Brown (Woodland Hills, CA) an 8-5 loss.
#6 Amherst College 8, #19 Wellesley College 1
Doubles
1. Mohona Siddique/Jacqueline Shen (W) def. Brittany Berckes/Natasha Brown (A), 8-5
2. Anuja Ankola/Mimi Bell (A) def. Jennifer Schwarzkopf/Katelyn Ching (W), 8-6
3. Jill Wexler/Laura Danzig (A) def. Nathalie Herman/Marie Watanabe (W), 8-0
Singles
1. Brittany Berckes (A) def. Marie Watanabe (W) 7-6 (7-1), 6-4
2. Carlissa King (A) def. Mohona Siddique (W) 6-3, 6-1
3. Jill Wexler (A) def. Jacqueline Shen (W) 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
4. Natasha Brown (A) def. Jennifer Schwarzkopf (W) 6-1, 6-2
5. Laken King (A) def. Grace Cheng (W) 6-1, 6-0
6. Mimi Bell (A) def. Nathalie Herman 6-1, 6-1