Box Score WELLESLEY, Mass. – Wellesley College tennis moved to 2-0 in New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) action with a 9-0 victory over visiting Smith College on Saturday at Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse.

The Blue, who also defeated Smith earlier this season at the Seven Sisters Championship, improve to 8-3 overall (2-0 NEWMAC). Smith is winless on the season (0-7, 0-2).

Senior Rosanne Hu and first year Michelle Shen got the doubles sweep rolling with an 8-0 victory over senior Rachel LaFlamme (Chicopee, Mass./Cathedral) and first year Gabby Mingolelli (Chicago, Ill./Lincoln Park) at No. 3. The Blue would eventually advance to singles play with a 3-0 lead after earning victories in the remaining doubles matches.

Senior Justine Huang and first year Michaela Markwart followed Hu and Shen, improving their No. 1 doubles mark to 3-0 on the season with an 8-1 win over Smith sophomore Allison Ahern (Minneapolis, Minn./The Blake School) and senior Joanna Kim (Chicago, Ill./Northside College Prep). At No. 2 doubles, junior Selina Peng and first year Libby Chang defeated first year Elsa Hillis (Georgetown, Tex./Georgetown) and junior Kara Van Allen (Kalamazoo, Mich./Mattawan), 8-2.

First year Cinji Lee defeated Van Allen, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3 singles to give the Blue a 4-0 advantage. Junior Korina Hernandez clinched the match with a win at No. 1, defeating Ahern, 6-0, 6-1. Hernandez is now 5-1 in singles this season with victories in multiple spots in the Blue lineup. Sophomore Lily Chu followed with a 6-2, 6-0, win over Kim at No. 2 singles that made the score 6-0 in favor of the Blue.

Wellesley completed the sweep with victories at No. 5, 6, and 4 singles. Senior Sojin Ki defeated Hillis, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 5, while sophomore Abigail Schleichkorn earned a 6-0, 6-0, win over first year Betsy Hillier (Cohasset, Mass./Concord Academy) at No. 6, and senior Tristan Lorich picked-up the final Wellesley victory, 6-0, 6-3, versus sophomore Yena Li (Shenzhen, China/Stoneleigh-Burnham School).

Both teams will continue NEWMAC play on Tuesday, April 2 at 4:00 PM. Wellesley will travel to Clark and Smith will play at Babson.

(Recap courtesy to Wellesley Athletics)

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