Wellesley Tennis Rolls in Day One of NEWITT Tournament

The Blue tennis team opened up day one of the NEWITT Tournament with action in both doubles and singles on Friday. Wellesley had a fantastic day as a team, winning nine of eleven singles matches and five of six doubles matches.

In the NEWITT format, each team will play each other in a doubles match and then play in singles against the same pair. Whoever wins two of three matches moves on in the draw. 

In the A draw, the duo of Ashleigh Parlman (Acton, Mass.) and Annissa Mu (Saratoga, Calif.) who made it to the quarter finals last week at the ITA Regionals, won their first match over a Wesleyan pair. With the win, the team advances to the second round and will play at 8:00 AM tomorrow against Sasha Gaeth (Seattle, Wash.) and Kriti Williams (Braintree, Mass.) also of Wesleyan University. Over in the C draw, #1 seeded Michelle Shen (Dallas, Texas) and Cinji Lee (Seoul, South Korea) took care of business and defeated a Gordon College pair and will compete at 9:00 AM tomorrow morning at Smith College. Melinda Alviar (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Cristiana DeAgazio (Winchester, Mass.) also competed in the C Draw and won their match over a Mount Holyoke team to advance to the second round. Wellesley's Michaela Markwart (Hanover, Mass.) and Libby Chang (San Marino, Calif.) participated in the B Draw, but were bounced to the consolation bracket in a tough loss to a MIT pair.

Action from the NEWITT Tournament will continue tomorrow morning starting at 8:00 AM.