COLLEGE
WOMEN'S TENNIS FINAL SCORE
Tufts 9, Babson 0
Match
Results
MEDFORD -- For the second straight match, the 10th ranked Tufts
University women's tennis team had little trouble with an opponent.
After opening their 2009-2010 dual match season with 9-0 victory at
MIT on Friday, the Jumbos cruised to a 9-0 victory against Babson
College in the Jumbos' home opener on Sunday.
Coach Kate Bayard's Jumbos were not quite as dominant as they
were against MIT, when they dropped just two games in nine matches.
However, Tufts was strong again with straight-set victories in
every match and only 15 games surrendered to the opponent.
The Jumbos cruised through doubles to take a 3-0 lead in the
match. The #1 pair of junior tri-captain Julia Browne (Old
Brookville, NY) and senior tri-captain Meghan McCooey (Cumberland, RI), the #2 duo of first-year
Lindsay Katz (Owings Mills, MD) and senior
Erica Miller (Boca Raton, FL), and the #3 team of
first-years Janice Lam (San Francisco, CA) and
Lauren Hollender (Newton, MA) were all 8-1
winners.
In singles play, Miller in the #5 match and sophomore
Jennifer LaCara (Huntington Station, NY) at #6 did
not lose a game for the Jumbos. The most competitive match was the
third, where Lam defeated Babson's Lorena Beccera 6-3, 6-2. Browne
won on the first singles court (6-3, 6-1) against Babson's Jessica
Huang.
The victory concludes the brief fall dual match season for the
Jumbos with a 2-0 mark. The loss is the first of the season for the
Beavers, who dropped to 5-1.
Browne and McCooey will compete in doubles at the upcoming
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Small College Nationals in
Mobile, Alabama. The Tufts pair is the defending national
champions.
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