For Immediate Release
September 29, 2009
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Tennis Falls to Wheaton
NORTON, Mass. – Junior Sarah Geocaris (Newport Beach, CA) swept her singles match to clinch a 7-2 victory for the Wheaton College tennis team's against Wellesley College on Tuesday afternoon in Norton. Wheaton, which is ranked 12th in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast poll, improved to 7-1 overall and 3-0 in the league. Now 2-1 and 2-1, Wellesley is ranked 20th nationally and sixth in the region.
The Lyons rushed out to a 3-0 lead during doubles play, as the duo of Geocaris and junior Catherine Teague (Manchester, NH) highlighted action by blanking Wellesley's nationally-ranked combo of senior Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, MD) and junior Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta).
Senior captain Katherine Knies (Purdys, NY) and sophomore Allesandra DiOrio (Cumberland, RI) notched an 8-2 victory in the second slot, while junior Ellen Van Faasen (Manchester, MA) and sophomore Rosalyn Chesky (South Hadley, MA) won, 8-5 at three. The Lyon pair held on to down Wellesley senior Meghan Stubblebine (Cumming, GA) and sophomore Stephanie Chu (Hilo, HI).
A 6-1, 6-3 victory from Chesky in the sixth singles position gave Wheaton its fourth point, but the Blue countered with straight-set triumphs by Shen and Stubblebine in the third and fourth slots, respectively, to make it 4-2.
However, Geocaris, the 22nd-ranked singles player in the Northeast, swept past Watanabe, the 35th-ranked player in all of Division III, by a 6-4, 6-3 count in first singles to clinch the team victory for the Lyons. Teague, the region's 15th-ranked player, notched a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win against Siddique at number two, and Knies completed the match with a 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 victory in the fifth position over junior Nathalie Herman (San Francisco, CA).
Wheaton hits the road for a NEWMAC match at Smith College on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. while Wellesley travels to Mount Holyoke for a conference clash beginning at 1:00pm.
Wheaton College 7, Wellesley College 2
Sep 29, 2009 at Norton, Mass. (Clark Tennis Courts)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Sarah Geocaris (WHE) def. Marie Watanabe (WEL) 6-4, 6-3 |
| 2. Catherine Teague (WHE) def. Mohona Siddique (WEL) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 |
| 3. Jacqueline Shen (WEL) def. Ellen Van Faasen (WHE) 6-4, 6-0 |
| 4. Meghan Stubblebine (WEL) def. Allesandra DiOrio (WHE) 6-1, 6-1 |
| 5. Katherine Knies (WHE) def. Nathalie Herman (WEL) 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 6. Rosalyn Chesky (WHE) def. Julia Cole (WEL) 6-1, 6-3 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Sarah Geocaris/Catherine Teague (WHE) def. Mohona Siddique/Jacqueline Shen (WEL) 8-0 |
| 2. Allesandra DiOrio/Katherine Knies (WHE) def. Marie Watanabe/Nathalie Herman (WEL) 8-2 |
| 3. Ellen Van Faasen/Rosalyn Chesky (WHE) def. Meghan Stubblebine/Stephanie Chu (WEL) 8-5 |
| Match Notes |
| Wellesley College 2-1, 2-1 |
| Wheaton College 7-1, 3-0 |