POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — The defending champion Vassar College
women's tennis team is tied for first place with Wellesley College
after Day 1 of the annual Seven Sisters Championship.
The
hosting Brewers and the visiting Blue both have two points thus far.
Vassar beat Bryn Mawr College and Smith College by scores of 5-0, while
Wellesley topped Mount Holyoke College and Smith by the same scores.
Mount
Holyoke holds third place with one point after beating Bryn Mawr 4-1,
while Bryn Mawr and Smith are tied for last place with zero points after
their losses.
Against Bryn Mawr, Vassar cruised through doubles. Kelsey Van Noy and Morgane Flournoy won
6-0, 6-0 at two over Mariam Haider and Em Prozinski before Hanna McGuire and Shayna Becker came away with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at one over Tirsa Delate and Molly MacDougall.
The Brewers continued to roll in singles. Dasha Ivenitsky defeated Lizzie Siegle 6-1, 6-0 at two, Connie Yoo topped Kendall Baller 6-1, 6-1 at three, and Courtney Geiss secured the shutout, beating Melina Koukoutchos 6-1, 6-2 at one.
Against
Smith, Vassar handed out three bagels on their way to securing another
shutout. Van Noy and Flournoy won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles over Morgan
Barney and Janan Fugel, while Ivenitsky and Yoo won 6-0, 6-0 at two over
Alexandra Steck and Leigh Johnston.
The Brewers didn't let up once they got to singles. Kate Christensen defeated Noa Dubin 6-1, 6-1 at one, Geiss topped Samantha Peikes 5-2, 4-1 at two, and Morgan Fitzgerald beat Joanna Kim 6-0, 6-0 at three.
The
Seven Sisters Championship concludes Sunday, April 10. The Vassar
women's tennis team plays Mount Holyoke at 10:30 a.m. before facing
Wellesley at 3 p.m.
MATCH # — WINNER — SCORE — POINTS
#1: — VASSAR VS. BRYN MAWR — VASSAR — 5-0 — 1 POINT
#2 — MOUNT HOLYOKE VS. WELLESELY — WELLESLEY — 5-0 — I POINT
#3 — SMITH VS. VASSAR — VASSAR — 5-0 — 1 POINT
#4 — MOUNT HOLYOKE VS. BRYN MAWR — MOUNT HOLYOKE — 4-1 — 1 POINT
#5 — WELLESLEY VS. SMITH — WELLESELY — 5-0 — 1 POINT
CURRENT STANDINGS IN ALPHA ORDER
VASSAR — 2 POINTS
WELLESLEY — 2 POINTS
MOUNT HOLYOKE — 1 POINT
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE — 0 POINTS
SMITH COLLEGE — 0 POINTS
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