For Immediate Release
September 20, 2008
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Tennis Moves to 2-0, Sweeps Clark
WORCESTER, MA – The Wellesley College tennis team moved to 2-0 on the season with a 9-0 defeat of Clark University on Saturday afternoon in New England Women's and Men's Athletics Conference (NEWMAC) action.
Wellesley was led in singles by first-years, Marie Watanabe (Houston, TX), Grace Cheng (Columbia, MD), Dara Azuma (Honolulu, HI) and Anjalee Martin (Silver Spring, MD). Watanabe picked up a win in number one singles, 6-1, 6-0 and Cheng was a 6-2, 6-0 winner at number two. Azuma got her first collegiate win at number five, taking the match 6-0, 6-1 while Martin cruised to her first win at Wellesley, taking the six singles match 6-0, 6-0.
Other singles winners were senior Katie Ching (Kaneohe, HI) who picked up a 6-2, 6-0 win at number three and junior Malika Hayashi (Tokyo, Japan) who was a 6-1, 6-2 winner at four.
In doubles, Jennifer Schwarzkopf (Hinsdale, IL) and Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, MD) recorded an 8-1 win in the first flight. Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, CA) and Shivani Saxena (Milan, Italy) were 8-0 winners at number two doubles while Nathalie Herman (San Francisco, CA) and Hayashi picked up an easy 8-0 win in third doubles.
Wellesley will next compete at the three-day ITA New England Regional beginning Friday, September 26th.
Wellesley College Tennis
September 13, 2008
Wellesley 9, Smith 0
Singles
1. Marie Watanabe def. Rebecca Friedberg, 6-1, 6-0
2. Grace Cheng def. Julia Bergeron, 6-2, 6-0
3. Katie Ching def. Emily Schweitzer, 6-2, 6-0
4. Malika Hayashi def. Willa Dunn, 6-1, 6-2
5. Dara Azuma def. Andrea Nathan, 6-0, 6-1
6. Anjalee Martin def. Phoebe Livingston, 6-0, 6-0
*7. Jacqueline Shen def. Clark, 8-0
*8 Nathalie Heran def. Clark, 8-0
*9. Mohona Siddique def. Clark, 8-0
Doubles
1. Jen Schwarzkopf/Mohona Siddique def. Julia Bergeron/Phoebe Livingston, 8-1
2. Jacquelie Shen/Shivani Saxena def. Willa Dunn/ Emily Schoiter, 8-0
3. Malika Hayashi/Nathalie Herman def. Becca Good/Andrea Nathan, 8-0
*4. Marie Watanabe/Grace Cheng def. Clark, 8-0
*Exhibition match.