NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--The fall season comes to an end for the Smith College tennis team (0-6, 0-6 NEWMAC) when the Pioneers travel to MIT (7-1, 6-0 NEWMAC) for the final NEWMAC match of the season.


Last Meeting: MIT opened the year with a 9-0 win over Smith on September 10, 2011.  Eunice Zhao (Las Vegas, Nev./Liberty) came closest to a win for Smith with a 1-6, 6-3, 1-10 loss at No. 6 singles.

Last Smith Win: October 17, 1998.  Smith beat MIT 8-1 in their final team match of the fall season.

Smith Overview: Smith came close to their first win of the year in a 5-4 defeat to Clark University on Tuesday evening.  Smith earned their first points of the season when the duo of Kyle Gouchoe-Hanas (Durham, N.C./Carolina Friends) and Jordan Dubin (Southampton, N.Y./Southampton) won at No. 2 singles, while Dubin, Gouchoe-Hanas, and Ashley Burke all scored singles wins.

MIT Overview: League leading MIT has cruised this fall, with the only loss being a 5-4 defeat to Tufts University back on September 20.  The Engineers have never allowed an opponent to win more than three matches in any league game this year.

Did you know? Smith College head coach Chris Davis has been named NEWMAC/NEW8 Coach of the Year six times (1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002), while MIT head coach Carol Matsuzaki has been so honored four times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2008)