Number | Last Name | Win/Loss | Score |
Doubles: | |||
1 | Koskelin/Nakamura | W | 8-2 |
2 | Hall/Koo | W | 8-2 |
3 | Cheng/Singh | L | 8-6 |
Singles: | |||
1 | Nakamura | W | 6-2, 6-1 |
2 | Koskelin | W | 6-3, 6-3 |
3 | Koo | W | 6-2, 7-5 |
4 | Hall | W | 6-1, 6-0 |
5 | Cecan | W | 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 |
6 | Singh | L | 6-4, 6-1 |
7 | Cheng | W | 7-5, 6-4 |
The women's tennis team hosted Wheaton College on Tuesday in a conference match. Despite some sprinkles which created slippery court conditions, MIT prevailed 7-2.
In doubles play, the top two teams cruised. Co-captain Mealani Nakamura '00 and Kelly Koskelin '02 won 8-2 at first doubles, as did the second team of Julie Koo'03 and Jessica Hall '02. Third doubles was not as unfortunate. After being neck-and-neck with Wheaton, Nisha Singh '00 and Yi-Ning Cheng '02 fell behind 6-4, only to pull it back to 6-6. However, they were unable to claim the victory, losing 8-6.
MIT was focused going into singles with a 2-1 lead. Nakamura and Koskelin crushed their opponents, 6-2, 6-1, and 6-3, 6-3 at first and second singles. Koo easily won her first set 6-2, but to the credit of her Wheaton opponent, she hung tough in the second set. Koo however, was able to power her way to a straigh-set victory, claiming the second set 7-5. Hall smoked her opponent 6-1, 6-0 at fourth singles. Doana Cecan had another tough match at fifth singles. She took the first set 6-4. After dropping the second set 4-6, she played a deciding tie-breaker as MIT had claimed the match. Cecan won the tie-breaker 7-4. Singh could not pull out a victory at sixth singles. After falling behind, 5-2 in the first set, only to battle back to 5-4, she was unable to continue her comeback, losing the first set 6-4. The second set was not as close, as Singh lost 6-1. At seventh singles, Cheng pulled out a tough 7-5, 6-4 victory.
The team travels to play Mt. Holyoke on Saturday.