CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 30, 2006 – Melissa Weinstein and Jessica Sousa won singles matches for Springfield College, but in the end, the MIT women’s tennis team proved to be too much for the Pride in winning a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match this afternoon, 7-2.
For Springfield, Weinstein, a sophomore from Allentown, Pa., won her match at No. 3 singles, defeating Yi Wang, 6-3, 6-4. Sousa, a junior from Falmouth, Mass., won her match at No. 5 singles, defeating Joanna MacKay, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2 in the tiebreaker).
Meanwhile, MIT was victorious in all three of its doubles matches, and at No. 1, 2, 4, and 6 singles.
With the victory, the Engineers are now 4-1 overall and 4-0 in NEWMAC play. Springfield is now 1-3 overall and 0-3 in conference play.
Up next, the Pride plays at Mount Holyoke College in a league match on Tuesday, October 3rd, at 4:00 p.m.
MIT def. Springfield, 7-2:
Singles:
Leslie Hansen (MIT) def. Meghan Kelly (SC) 6-0, 6-2
Mariah Hoover (MIT) def. Kaitlynn Cates (SC) 3-6, 7-5, (10-5)
Melissa Weinstein (SC) def. Yi Wang (MIT) 6-3, 6-4
Anisa McCree (MIT) def. Shannon Desroches (SC) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Jessica Sousa (SC) def. Joanna MacKay (MIT) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)
Emily Chen (MIT) def. Danielle Lamb (SC) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles:
Hansen/MacKay (MIT) def. Kelly/Weinstein (SC) 8-2
Hoover/Wang (MIT) def. Cates/Sousa (SC) 8-5
McCree/Karina Pikhart (MIT) def. Desroches/Lamb (SC) 8-3
Toby Coffin G’01, enters his second year as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Springfield College. Coffin, who has coached at numerous high schools in the area, will look to build a program which will contend for a conference crown.
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