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1999-2000 Results and Article


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MIT vs. Wheaton College
@ MIT
September 14, 1999
Score: MIT 7, Wheaton 2

 
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

MIT in The Tech

September 15, 1999
By Nisha Singh
Team Co-Captain

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.


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