Wheaton Eliminates Smith from NEWMAC Women's Tennis Tournament
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Massachusetts Institute
of Technology played host to the 2009 New England Women's and Men's
Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Tennis Championship today at
the duPont Tennis Courts. The two-day event continued with
semifinal matches as the #6 seed Engineers of MIT faced the #2 Blue
of Wellesley College and the #4 Pioneers of Smith College played
the #1 Lyons of Wheaton College. After Sunday morning's matches,
the Lyons and Blue secured spots in the afternoon's championship,
leaving the Engineers and Pioneers with only the opportunity to
watch from the bleachers.
In the first semifinal, Smith College looked to upend
regular-season conference winner Wheaton College. Coming off a
quarterfinal match that ended late the prior evening and missing
stars Holly Reich and Isabel Pal, the Pioneers were unable to match
the Lyons on the court.
In doubles play, Wheaton's #1 team of Sarah Geocaris and Catherine
Teague were relentless and ran to a 8-0 shutout. The Lyon's #2 pair
of Allesandra DiOrio and Katherine Knies struggled a bit against
Smith's Clair Oblamski and Alanna Dick but eventually pulled out a
9-7 win to put Wheaton in the driver's seat with a 3-0 lead.
As singles play began, the Lyons only needed two points to secure
the match. Teague came through again and won in the #2 spot [6-0,
6-0] and it was Roz Chesky in the #6 position who defeated Smith's
Margaret Steiner [6-0, 6-2] to close out the 5-0 shutout for
Wheaton.
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