TIME CHANGE: No. 2 Blue Tennis To Face No. 3 Babson In NEWMAC Semifinals
WELLESLEY, Mass. – For the third time in as many seasons, second-seeded Wellesley College tennis will face third-seeded Babson College in the semifinals of the 2016 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Tennis Championship on Saturday, October 22, at 3:00 PM at MIT.
Wellesley earned the No. 2 seed heading into the championship weekend after finishing the season at 7-1 in conference play. The Blue received a first round bye to advance to the semifinals. Wellesley will face cross-town rival Babson in the first of Saturday's semifinal match-ups, as the third-seeded Beavers advanced to the semifinals with a 5-0 victory over No. 6 Springfield on Wednesday afternoon. However, Babson has had the edge in recent postseason play, earning a 5-2 win in the 2015 NEWMAC semis and a 5-1 victory in the 2014 NEWMAC semis.
Wellesley snapped Babson's three-match win streak over the Blue with a 7-2 victory over the Beavers on October 1 of this season. The Blue took a 2-1 edge in doubles before going on to win singles 5-1. Wellesley's Andjela Stojkovic (Victoria, British Columbia), Sarah Yan (Holmdel, N.J.) and Selina Peng (Taichung, Taiwan) all earned victories in singles and doubles play in the contest.
Top-seeded MIT will play the winner of No. 4 Mount Holyoke and No. 5 Wheaton College in Saturday's second semifinal, with Saturday's semifinal winners slated to meet in the 2016 NEWMAC Women's Tennis Championship on Sunday at 1:00 PM. For more on the 2016 NEWMAC Women's Tennis Championship, visit NEWMACsports.com.
2016 NEWMAC Women's Tennis Championship
Quarterfinals: Wednesday (at higher seed)
No. 3 Babson (10-2, 6-2) def. No. 6 Springfield (6-6, 3-5), 5-0
No. 4 Mount Holyoke (8-3, 5-3) vs. No. 5 Wheaton (4-6, 4-4), 5-0
Semifinals: Saturday (at MIT)
Winner No. 4/No. 5 vs. No. 1 MIT (8-0, 8-0) – 11:30 a.m.
No. 3 Babson (10-2, 6-2) vs. No. 2 Wellesley (9-1, 7-1) – 3:00 p.m.
Championship: Sunday (at MIT)
Semifinal Winners – 1:00 p.m.