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Wellesley Tennis Upends MIT, 6-3

Wellesley, Mass. -- The Wellesley College tennis team upended New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) rival, MIT, by a score of 6-3 on Tuesday evening indoors at the Keohane Sports Center.  The match result gives Wellesley and MIT equal ledgers, with each team sporting a 4-2 overall record with a 4-1 mark in NEWMAC play.

Wellesley opened play with two doubles wins and then took the third through sixth singles flights to nail down the 6-3 team victory.

MIT's first-year duo of Lauren Quisenberry and Julia Hsu opened play with a hard-fought 8-5 victory over Jacqueline Shen and Diana Granger at first doubles.  Wellesley bounced back with victories at second and third doubles, as Erica Choo and Kendall Tada picked up an 8-2 victory in the two spot, while Nathalie Herman and Raji Nagalla were 8-5 winners at three.

Singles play opened with MIT's Quisenberry winning 6-3, 6-2 over Shen at one, while the Engineers also grabbed a win at two where Hsu was a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 winner over Choo.  The Blue then closed out the match with wins in the three through six spots.  Herman was a 7-5, 6-3 winner at three while Tada blanked her opponent 6-0, 6-0 at four. Granger was a winner in the fifth spot, 6-2, 6-2, while Morgan Johnstonbaugh posted a 6-2, 6-2 win at six.

Wellesley returns to the courts on Friday playing a non-conference match against Bates at 4:00pm. MIT next travels to Springfield on Saturday, playing the Pride at 1:00pm.

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Players Mentioned

Erica Choo

Erica Choo

5' 2"
2014
Diana Granger

Diana Granger

5' 8"
2014
Nathalie Herman

Nathalie Herman

5' 6"
2011
Morgan Johnstonbaugh

Morgan Johnstonbaugh

5' 8"
2014
Raji Nagalla

Raji Nagalla

5' 7"
2014
Jacqueline Shen

Jacqueline Shen

5' 6"
2011
Kendall Tada

Kendall Tada

5' 2"
2014

Players Mentioned

Erica Choo

Erica Choo

5' 2"
2014
Diana Granger

Diana Granger

5' 8"
2014
Nathalie Herman

Nathalie Herman

5' 6"
2011
Morgan Johnstonbaugh

Morgan Johnstonbaugh

5' 8"
2014
Raji Nagalla

Raji Nagalla

5' 7"
2014
Jacqueline Shen

Jacqueline Shen

5' 6"
2011
Kendall Tada

Kendall Tada

5' 2"
2014
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