With the win, MIT improved to 4-1 this season while the Pride had its two-match winning streak snapped and fell to 2-4. Rachel Kushma (London, England) put up a good effort as she fell to Mariah Hoover, 6-3,6-2 at No. 3 singles.
The Pride wrap up its home schedule on Tuesday when it hosts local-rival Mount Holyoke at 4:00 p.m.
MIT 8, Springfield College 1
Singles
#1- Leslie Hanses (M) def. Melissa Weinstein (S), 6-0, 6-1
#2- Liz Denys (M) def. Amy Shaw (S), 6-1, 6-3
#3- Mariah Hoover (M) def. Rachel Kushma (S), 6-3, 6-2
#4- Jess Sousa (S) def. Yi Wang (M), 3-6, 6-2 (10-5)
#5- Melissa Diskin (M) def. Shannon Desroches (S), 6-0, 6-1
#6- Anisa McCree (M) def. Sarah Russo (S), 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
#1- Hansen/Hoover (M) def. Weinstein/Shaw (S), 8-1
#2- Denys/McCree (M) def. Desroches/Sousa (S), 8-0
#3- Pickhart/Diskin (M) def. Kushma/Russo (S), 8-0
Toby Coffin G’01, enters his third 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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