AURORA, N.Y. – The
Wells College women's tennis team picked up a 7-2 victory over visiting
Lancaster Bible College on Friday. With the win, the Express move to 4-5
overall on the year and to 3-1 within the North Eastern Athletic
Conference. Lancaster Bible dips to 2-8 on the season, moving to 1-4
against league opponents.
Wells has now won 24 of its last 30
regular season conference matches dating back to the 2011-12 women's
tennis season with the result. The Express have also defeated Lancaster
Bible in all five of the all-time meetings between the two programs.
The Express picked up wins at No. 2 and
No. 3 doubles, respectively, to earn a 2-1 lead through the first three
matches of the day. Senior Kevisha Hunt (Germantown, Md.) partnered with junior Nicole Sanborn (Onondaga, N.Y.) to secure an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles before the tandem of sophomore Kamarie Maturine (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and classmate Kate Wells (Gardner, Mass.) swept their match, 8-0.
Senior Brooke Benedetto (Williamstown, N.Y.), who fell alongside partner Yuna Furusawa
(Hirakata, Osaka, Japan) at No. 1 doubles, rebounded to earn a quality
6-2, 6-3 win at the top singles slot. Maturine earned a 6-3, 6-1 win at
No. 2 singles while Hunt closed her No. 3 singles match out strong with a
6-3, 6-0 result.
Furusawa cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 win at
No. 5 singles while Wells swept the No. 6 singles match, using a 6-0,
6-0 score to bump the Express to its seventh victory of the day.
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