Wellesley Tennis Wraps Up Play at ITA New England Regional

Four members of the Wellesley College tennis team wrapped up play at this weekend's ITA New England Championship, co-hosted by Wellesley and Babson College. The Blue were represented at the tournament by senior captains Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and Nathalie Herman (San Francisco, CA), and first-years Erica Choo (Okemos, MI) and Diana Granger (Glencoe, IL). 

Shen led the Blue with three wins in the tournament, advancing to the round of 16 in both singles and doubles. In singles, she opened with a convincing 6-0, 6-0 win over NEWMAC-opponent Nahrhee Han of Mount Holyoke, and then cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 win over Edwinina Stewart of Tufts in the round of 32. Shen bowed out in the round of 16, falling to Jordan Brewer of Amherst, 6-1, 6-0.

In doubles, Shen and Granger opened the tournament with a solid 8-5 win over Caroline Baroue and Cassie Smith of Conn. College. The Wellesley pair was bounced from the tournament in the round of 16, falling 8-2 to the seventh-seeded par of Sarah Geocaris and Catherine Teague from Wheaton.

In other singles action for Wellesley, Herman dropped a tght 6-4, 6-4, opening round match to Nicole Block of Vassar, while Choo fell 6-2, 6-1 to ninth-seeded Laken King of Amherst.

Wellesley returns to dual match action on Saturday, hosting Mount Holyoke at 1:00pm.

ITA New England Regional Tournament
Hosted by Wellesley College and Babson College
September 17-19, 2010

Singles competition
Round of 64
Jacqueline Shen (Wellesley) def. Nahrhee Han (Mount Holyoke) 6-0, 6-0
Nicole Block (Vassar) def. Nathalie Herman (Wellesley) 6-4, 6-4
Laken King (Amherst) def. Erica Choo (Wellesley) 6-2, 6-1

Round of 32
Jacqueline Shen (Wellesley) def. Edwinina Stewart (Tufts) 6-3, 6-3

Round of 16
Jordan Brewer (Amherst) def. Jacqueline Shen (Wellesley) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
Round of 32
Jacqueline Shen/Diana Granger (Wellesley) def. Caroline Baroue/Cassie Smith (Conn.) 8-5

Round of 16
Sarah Geocaris/Catherine Teague (Wheaton) def. Jacqueline Shen/Diana Granger (Wellesley) 8-2