NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- The Wellesley College tennis team breezed
to an 8-1 victory over Smith College in Saturday afternoon NEWMAC
action. The win improves Wellesley to 6-2 overall, with a 4-1
mark in NEWMAC play.
Wellesley opened play taking two out of the three doubles
matches. Jacqueline
Shen and Diana Granger posted an 8-3
win over Jaimi Inskeep and Gianna Teague in the first flight, while
Nathalie
Herman and Raji
Nagalla defeated Nicole Anderson and Maggie Steiner,
9-7 at two. In the third flight Smith's Clair Oblamski and
Eunice Zhao eeked out an 8-6 victory over Wellesley's Mika
Asaba and Elena
Bowen.
With a 2-1 lead, Wellesley swept through all six singles matches
to earn the 8-1 overall victory. Shen was dominant at one,
winning 6-0, 6-0, while Choo posted a 6-2, 6-4 win at two.
Herman was a 6-2, 6-1 winner at three, with Tada winning 6-3, 6-1
at four. Rounding out the action, Granger was a 6-0, 6-1
winner at five and Johnstonbaugh won 6-3, 7-5 at six.
The Blue are back in action on Tuesday hosting Babson at
5:00pm.
Wellesley
College 8, Smith College 1
Oct 09, 2010 at Northampton, Mass
| Singles
competition |
| 1.
Jacqueline Shen (WEL) def. Jaimi Inskeep (SMI) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 2. Erica Choo
(WEL) def. Nicole Anderson (SMI) 6-2, 6-4 |
| 3.
Nathalie Herman (WEL) def. Gianna Teague (SMI) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 4. Kendall
Tada (WEL) def. Clair Oblamski (SMI) 6-3, 6-1 |
| 5. Diana
Granger (WEL) def. Maggie Steiner (SMI) 6-0, 6-1 |
| 6. Morgan
Johnstonbaugh (WEL) def. Eunice Zhao (SMI) 6-3, 7-5 |
