MEDFORD - The #12 Tufts University women's tennis team was perfect in its home and NESCAC opener on Saturday, winning 9-0 against Colby College. The match was played indoors at the Gantcher Center due to weather.
Coach Kate Bayard's Tufts team leveled off at 3-3 overall and is now 1-0 in NESCAC, while Colby dropped to 9-3 and 0-1.
Tufts went 3-0 in doubles play, with only the #1 duo receiving a modest challenge. Sophomore Shelci Bowman (Dallas, TX) and first-year Sophie Schonfeld (Washington, DC) won 8-5. The #3 pair of sophomore Samantha Gann (Massapequa, NY) and junior Janice Lam (San Francisco, CA) took an 8-1 win, while junior captain Lindsay Katz (Baltimore, MD) and sophomore Eliza Flynn (Hamilton, MA) won 8-2 on the second doubles court.
In singles, Katz set the tone at the top with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Colby's Sarah Wiener. Gann lost just two games at #4 and Lam was a 6-2, 6-0 win in the sixth match. Bowman, Flynn and sophomore Rebecca Kimmel (Longmeadow, MA) also scored victories.
Tufts competes at the Wellesley Invitational next weekend (Apr. 6-8). Colby plays at Trinity tomorrow.
Match results
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