September 23, 2012

Ephs sweep Wellesley in first official dual match

WELLESLEY, MA – The Williams women's tennis team traveled to Wellesley today for 4 doubles and 9 singles matches. One doubles match and three singles matches were exhibition, whereas all the others were official matches. Williams did not drop one match all afternoon, returning home with a perfect record on the day.

Williams 9

Wellesley 0

Doubles

Shoemaker/Curran def. Lee/Granger 8-4

Pylypiv/McCoy def. Matulis/Barth 8-0

Worley/Hart def. Chen/Choo 8-1

Pollan/Li def. Lin/Martel 8-4 (exhibition)

Singles

Kara Shoemaker def. Choo 6-1, 6-0

Nancy Worley def. Granger 6-3, 6-1

Rebecca Curran def. Lee 6-1, 6-2

Maria Pylypiv def. Matulis 6-1, 6-1

Riqui McCoy def. Barth 6-3, 6-2

Kate Pollan def. Chen 6-2, 6-0

Monica Pastor def. Lin 6-2, 6-0 (exhibition)

Veronika Li def. Martel 7-5, 6-1 (exhibition)

Alex Stone def. Lin 8-1 (exhibition)

Maya Hart def. Martel 6-1 (exhibition)

Coach Alison Swain emphasized the all-around great play by the team today: "In doubles, we did a nice job of playing a more aggressive and attacking style than usual. We also had the chance to get some match jitters out and get some experience on the court. In singles, it was a great showing all around. The whole team displayed a great starting level of play for the beginning of the season. Overall, everyone performed well."

Next the Ephs will travel to MIT on September 28^th to participate in the ITA New England Regionals.