Wellesley Tennis Takes 6-3 Match Over MIT

In doubles, sophomore Marie Watanabe (Houston, TX) and senior Meghan Stubblebine (Cumming, GA) gave Wellesley a 1-0 lead with a 8-0 win over Kerry Weinberg (New York, NY) and Jenny Dohlman (Wellesley, MA) at second doubles.  The Blue then stretched the advantage to 2-0 when senior Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, MD) and junior Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) paired up for an 8-6 win at first doubles over the MIT tandem of Lesie Hansen (Fairfax, VA) and Anastasia Vishnevetsky (Orange, CT).

MIT got on the board at third doubles when Alex Hall (Hemet, CA) and Hillary Jenny (Green Bay, WI) won a tough 9-7 battle over Nathalie Herman (San Francisco, CA) and Stephanie Chu (Hilo, HI), cutting the Wellesley advantage to 2-1.

The Blue took control of the match in singles with quick wins from Stubblebine and Shen.  Stubblebine won 6-0, 6-0 over Jenny in the fifth spot while Shen was a 6-0, 6-1 winner vs. Hall at three, pushing the Wellesley lead to 4-1.  

Wellesley got the deciding victory at six singles with a win from Mariya Chokova (Kazanlak, Bulgaria) over MIT's Soyna Makhni (Fort Pierce, FL), taking a 5-1 lead.  The Blue added to their total when Herman posted a 6-0, 6-3 victory in the fourth spot over Dohlman pushing Wellesley in front, 6-1.

MIT would add victories at first and second doubles to set the final score to 6-3.  Hansen was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Watanable while Vishnevetsky won 6-1, 6-2 over Siddique.

Wellesley returns to the courts on Saturday, traveling to Springfield for a 1:00pm conference match.  MIT next plays host to Smith College in a 1:00pm conference battle on Saturday.

Wellesley College 6, MIT 3
Oct 06, 2009 at Wellesley, MA