Wellesley Tennis Falls to Wheaton
The Lyons rushed out to a 3-0 lead during doubles play, as the duo of Geocaris and junior Catherine Teague (Manchester, NH) highlighted action by blanking Wellesley's nationally-ranked combo of senior Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, MD) and junior Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta).
Senior captain Katherine Knies (Purdys, NY) and sophomore Allesandra DiOrio (Cumberland, RI) notched an 8-2 victory in the second slot, while junior Ellen Van Faasen (Manchester, MA) and sophomore Rosalyn Chesky (South Hadley, MA) won, 8-5 at three. The Lyon pair held on to down Wellesley senior Meghan Stubblebine (Cumming, GA) and sophomore Stephanie Chu (Hilo, HI).
A 6-1, 6-3 victory from Chesky in the sixth singles position gave Wheaton its fourth point, but the Blue countered with straight-set triumphs by Shen and Stubblebine in the third and fourth slots, respectively, to make it 4-2.
However, Geocaris, the 22nd-ranked singles player in the Northeast, swept past Watanabe, the 35th-ranked player in all of Division III, by a 6-4, 6-3 count in first singles to clinch the team victory for the Lyons. Teague, the region's 15th-ranked player, notched a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win against Siddique at number two, and Knies completed the match with a 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 victory in the fifth position over junior Nathalie Herman (San Francisco, CA).
Wheaton hits the road for a NEWMAC match at Smith College on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. while Wellesley travels to Mount Holyoke for a conference clash beginning at 1:00pm.
Wheaton College 7, Wellesley College 2
Sep 29, 2009 at Norton, Mass. (Clark Tennis Courts)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Sarah Geocaris (WHE) def. Marie Watanabe (WEL) 6-4, 6-3 |
| 2. Catherine Teague (WHE) def. Mohona Siddique (WEL) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 |
| 3. Jacqueline Shen (WEL) def. Ellen Van Faasen (WHE) 6-4, 6-0 |
| 4. Meghan Stubblebine (WEL) def. Allesandra DiOrio (WHE) 6-1, 6-1 |
| 5. Katherine Knies (WHE) def. Nathalie Herman (WEL) 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 6. Rosalyn Chesky (WHE) def. Julia Cole (WEL) 6-1, 6-3 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Sarah Geocaris/Catherine Teague (WHE) def. Mohona Siddique/Jacqueline Shen (WEL) 8-0 |
| 2. Allesandra DiOrio/Katherine Knies (WHE) def. Marie Watanabe/Nathalie Herman (WEL) 8-2 |
| 3. Ellen Van Faasen/Rosalyn Chesky (WHE) def. Meghan Stubblebine/Stephanie Chu (WEL) 8-5 |
| Match Notes |
| Wellesley College 2-1, 2-1 |
| Wheaton College 7-1, 3-0 |