For Immediate Release
October 4, 2008
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Tennis Defeats Mount Holyoke
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley College tennis team moved to 4-0 with an 8-1 win over Mount Holyoke in Saturday afternoon New England Women's and Men's Athletics Conference (NEWMAC) action.
Wellesley took all three doubles matches for a 3-0 advantage and then took five of six singles matches for the 8-1 team victory.
At first doubles, Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, MD) and Jen Schwarzkopf (Hinsdale, IL) were 8-3 winners over the Mount Holyoke pair of Ashley Fallon (Mansfield, MA) and Elise Marifian (Belleville, IL). Shivani Saxena (Milan, Italy) and Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, CA) paired up for an 8-4 second doubles win over Sarah London (Port Jefferson, NY) and Beatrix Hartmann (Redding, CT) while Meghan Stubblebine (Cumming, GA) and Katie Ching (Kaneohe, HI) were 8-2 winners over Natalie Hsiang (Pittsford, NY) and Heather Richardson (Holden, MA).
In singles play, Wellesley's Saxena, Shen and Grace Cheng (Columbia, MD) were each dominant in 6-0, 6-0 victories. Saxena defeated London at three while Shen picked up a win over Elizabeth Tighe (East Longmeadow, MA) at four. Grace Cheng was a winner against Richardson in the sixth flight.
Mount Holyoke picked up it's lone win at number two singles when Marifian was a 6-4, 3-6, 11-9 winner over Wellesley's Schwarzkopf.
In other singles action, Meghan Stubblebine (Cumming, GA) was a 6-0, 6-1 winner against Hartmann at five while Watanabe picked up a 6-1, 7-5 win over Fallon at number one.
The Lyons are back in action on Tuesday, October 7th with a 5:00pm NEWMAC match at Clark. Wellesley is also back on the courts on Tuesday with a 4:00pm match at MIT.
Wellesley College Tennis
October 4, 2008
Wellesley 8, Mount Holyoke 1
Singles
1. Marie Watanabe (W) def. Ashley Fallon (MHC), 6-1, 7-5
2. Elise Marifian (MHC) def. Jennifer Schwarzkopf (W), 6-4, 3-6, 11-9
3. Shivani Saxena (W) def. Sarah London (MHC), 6-0, 6-0
4. Jacqueline Shen (W) def. Elizabeth Tighe (MHC), 6-0, 6-0
5. Meghan Stubblebine (W) def. Beatrix Hartmann (MHC), 6-0, 6-1
6. Grace Cheng (W) def. Heather Richardson (MHC), 6-0, 6-0
*7. Mohona Siddique (W) def. Elisa Frankel (MHC), 8-0
*8. Katie Ching (W) def. Rose Cantlin (MHC), 6-0, 6-1
*9. Anjalee Martin (W) def. Sarah Moore (MHC), 8-1
*10. Malika Hayashi (W) def. Laura Tolosa-Leiva (MHC), 8-1
Doubles
1. Siddique/Schwarzkopf (W) def. Fallon/Marigian (MHC), 8-3
2. Saxena/Shen (W) def. London/Hartman (MHC), 8-4
3. Stubblebine/Ching (W) def. Hsiang/Richardson (MHC), 8-2
*Exhibition