For Immediate Release
October 11, 2008
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Tennis Moves to 6-0 With a Sweep Of Springfield
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley tennis team defeated NEWMAC opponent Springfield College, on Saturday afternoon to remain unbeaten in NEWMAC play. The 9-0 win sets the Blue's record to 6-0 (all NEWMAC contests) while Springfield falls to 2-6 overall with a 1-5 NEWMAC record.
Wellesley took a 3-0 lead over Springfield after the doubles matches and then swept singles to finish with a 9-0 team victory. Shivani Saxena (Milan Italy) and Grace Cheng (Columbia, MD) each recorded two wins for Wellesley on the afternoon.
Cheng teamed up with Marie Watanabe (Houston, TX) to take their first flight doubles match, 8-6 over the Pride's Shaw and Melissa Weinstein while Saxena recorded an 8-0 number two doubles win with partner Jacquelina Shen (Calgary, Alberta, CA) over Rachel Kushma and Tayla Pessolano. In the third doubles match of the day, Meghan Stubblebine (Cumming, GA) and Katie Ching (Kaneohe, HI) were 8-0 winners over the Pride pair of Fenmi Olowookere and Kyla Walgren.
In singles, Saxena was a 6-1, 6-1 winner at first singles over Amy Shaw, Nathalie Herman (San Francisco, CA) won her second flight match 7-5, 6-3 over Melissa Weinstein and Cheng won her third singles match over Kushma, 6-0, 6-1.
Elsewhere on the singles ladder, Dara Azuma (Honolulu, HI) defeated Funmi Olowookere, 6-0, 6-1, Malika Hayashi (Tokyo, Japan) was a 7-6(0), 6-0 winner over Kyla Walgren and Anjalee Martin (Silver Spring, MD) cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Tayla Pessolano.
Wellesley returns to the courts tomorrow with a 1:00pm match against defending NCAA Champion Williams College. Springfield is back in action on Tuesday with a 4:00pm road match against Mount Holyoke.
Wellesley College Tennis
October 11, 2008
Wellesley 9, Springfield 0
Doubles
1. Marie Watanabe/Grace Cheng (W) def. Amy Shaw/Melissa Weinstein (S), 8-6
2. Shivani Saxena/Jacqueline Shen (W) def. Rachel Kushma/Tayla Pessolano (S), 8-0
3. Meghan Stubblebine/Katie Ching (W) def. Funmi Olowookere/Kyla Walgren (S), 8-0
*4. Dara Azuma/Anjalee Martin (W) def. Beth Slotnick/Kristi Maltz (S), 8-1
Singles
1. Shivani Saxena (W) def. Amy Shaw (S), 6-1, 6-1
2. Nathalie Herman (W) def. Melissa Weinstein (S), 7-5, 6-3
3. Grace Cheng (W) def. Rachel Kushma (S), 6-0, 6-1
4. Dara Azuma (W) def. Funmi Olowookere (S), 6-0, 6-1
5. Malika Hayashi (W) def. Kyla Walgren (S), 7-6(0), 6-0
6. Anjalee Martin (W) def. Tayla Pessolano (S), 6-0, 6-0
*7. Mohona Siddique (W) def. Kristi Maltz (S), 6-1, 6-0
*8. Katie Ching (W) def. Beth Slotnick (S), 6-3, 6-1
*Exhibition