NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- Wellesley College will play for its sixth
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference tournament title
in seven years after advancing with a 5-2 win in the semi-finals
over MIT on Saturday afternoon on the campus of Smith College.
The Blue (8-2) took two of three doubles matches and four of six
singles matches to advance to their second consecutive tournament
final, where they will face a rematch of the 2009 final against
Wheaton College (Mass.) on Sunday, October 24 at 12 p.m.
The Engineers (5-4) stole a win at No. 1 doubles, with the duo
of Julia Hsu and Lauren Quisenberry topping Jacqueline Shen and Diana
Granger 8-2, but Wellesley won at No. 2 and No. 3, as
the tandem of Erica
Choo and Kendall
Tada defeated Katie O'Neal and Melissa Diskin 8-4 at
No. 2, and the pairing of Nathalie
Herman and Raji
Nagalla edged out Jenny Dohlman and Hillary Jenny 9-7
at No. 3.
Quisenberry grabbed MIT's other point with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No.
1 singles, but the Blue closed out the match with wins at Nos. 2,
3, and 5. Choo beat Hsu 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2, while Herman
recorded a 6-4, 6-0 win over O'Neal at No. 3. Granger then
beat Jenny 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 to close out the match.
Wellesley also was winning at No. 4 and No. 6 when the match
ended.
Wheaton and Wellesley, the top two seeds in the tournament, will
meet at 12 p.m. on Sunday, October 24 (11 a.m. if moved
indoors) for the NEWMAC tournament title.