For Immediate Release
September 26, 2009
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Tennis Sweeps Clark, 9-0
WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wellesley College tennis team continued strong NEWMAC play with a 9-0 sweep over Clark University on Saturday afternoon. The Blue improve to 2-0 (2-0 NEWMAC) while Clark falls to 2-6, 0-2 in the NEWMAC.
Wellesley took a 3-0 lead in doubles after Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, MD) and Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) ran their season record to 4-1 with an 8-1 victory over Clark's Julia Bergeron (Lewiston, ME) and Andrea Nathan (Saddle River, NJ). At second doubles, Marie Wantanabe (Houston, TX) and Stephanie Chu (Hilo HI) were 8-0 winners over Emily Schweitzer (Northampton, MA) and Phoebe Livingston (Jamestown, RI) while in the third spot, Sanam Sidhu (Fresno, CA) and Elena Bowen (Yardley, PA) paired up for an 8-6 victory over Kristen Cullity (Carver, MA) and Jenni Adams (Englewood, CO).
In singles, Wellesley cruised to wins in each of the flights, with all of their matches decided in two sets. Watanabe was a 6-0, 6-1 winner over Bergeron, Siddique won 6-0, 6-3 over Nathan and Herman was a 6-0, 6-3 winner against Schweitzer. In the second half of the ladder, Julia Cole (Fairfield, CT) won 6-2, 6-0 over Cullity, Bowen was a 6-1, 6-1 winner against Livingston and Mariya Chokova (Kazanlak, Bulgaria) wrapped up the victory with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Jakubski.
Wellesley returns to the court on Tuesday in a NEWMAC match at Wheaton at 4:00pm. Clark is also back in action on Tuesday, hosting a conference match against Springfield at 5:00pm.
Wellesley College 9, Clark University 0
Sep 26, 2009 at Wellesley, MA (Wellesley College)
Singles competition |
1. Marie Watanabe (WEL) def. Julia Bergeron (CLK) 6-0, 6-1 |
2. Mohona Siddique (WEL) def. Andrea Nathan (CLK) 6-0, 6-3 |
3. Nathalie Herman (WEL) def. Emily Schweitzer (CLK) 6-0, 6-3 |
4. Julia Cole (WEL) def. Kristin Cullity (CLK) 6-2, 6-0 |
5. Elena Bowen (WEL) def. Phoebe Livingston (CLK) 6-1, 6-1 |
6. Mariya Chokova (WEL) def. Silvia Jakubski (CLK) 6-1, 6-0 |
Doubles competition |
1. Mohona Siddique/Jacqueline Shen (WEL) def. Julia Bergeron/Andrea Nathan (CLK) 8-1 |
2. Marie Watanabe/Stephanie Chu (WEL) def. Emily Schweitzer/Phoebe Livingston (CLK) 8-0 |
3. Sinam Sidhu/Elena Bowen (WEL) def. Kristin Cullity/Jenni Adams (CLK) 8-6 |
Match Notes |
Clark University 2-6, 0-2 NEWMAC |
Wellesley College 2-0, 2-0 NEWMAC |
T-3:30 A-24 |