October 26, 2009

Wheaton Junior Catherine Teague Named NEWMAC Women's Tennis Singles Player of the Week

NEWMAC Women's Tennis Singles Player of the Week

Catherine Teague, Wheaton College, 2011 (Manchester, N.H.)

Teague went 2-0 during conference championship weekend, including overcoming a third-set deficit in the deciding match of Sunday's title contest in leading the top-seeded Lyons to their first league crown in program history. Teague paced Wheaton with a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the second position against a foe from fourth-seeded Smith during the team's 5-0 win during Sunday's semifinal round. In the final against five-time defending league tournament champion Wellesley, which was the second seed, Teague lost her first set before knotting the match with a 7-5 victory in the second set. She then fought back from a 4-2 deficit in the final set in taking four straight games for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory.