Brandeis Trips Up Blue Tennis in Nor’ easter Bowl Action

WELLESLEY, Mass. — No. 28 Brandeis University earned a 6-3 victory over No. 27 Wellesley College tennis on Friday evening at the 4th Annual Nor' easter Bowl at Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse. Brandeis improves to 4-7 on the season with the victory. Wellesley drops to 10-5 with the setback.  

The Judges earned a pair of victories in doubles play to open the day, as Maya Vasser and Dylan Schlesinger defeated Wellesley's Caroline Hsu and Emily Olson by an 8-6 score in the number two match and Sarita Biswas and Charlotte Aaron topped the Blue's pair of Samantha Stone and Dasha Kostikina, 8-4, at number three doubles. 

The Blue's number one doubles pairing of senior Sojung Lee and sophomore Carina Chen earned the victory in the top double's match with an 8-2 triumph over Carley Cooke and Simone Vandroff. 

Chen would move on to win a number two singles, topping Vandroff by a 7-6 (7), 6-2 count. In the top singles match, Cooke opened with a 6-1 victory before defeating Lee 7-5 in the second set to win the match. 

Wellesley also scored a victory in the number five singles match-up, as first year Emily Olson cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Danielle Simms. 

Brandeis took the remaining matches on the evening, with Emily Eska defeating Hsu at number three (6-2, 6-1), Vasser winning at number four (7-5, 6-1) over Stone, and Aaron topping Kostikina 7-6 (1), 6-2 to close out the match.  

Wellesley continues its spring schedule in two weeks with a matchup at home against Tufts University at 4:00 PM. Brandeis will continue the Nor' easter Bowl tomorrow when they host Amherst at 11:00 AM. 

2015 Nor'easter Bowl Match Results:

Thursday, April 2 

Wellesley 5, Bates 3 Box Score | Recap

Friday, April 3

Brandeis 6, Wellesley 3 Box Score | Recap
Amherst 9, Babson 0 Box Score | Recap

Saturday, April 4 - UPDATED

Amherst 7, Brandeis 2 Box Score | Recap
Trinty 6, Babson 3 Box Score | Recap