WALTHAM - In their final dual match of the fall season, the Tufts women's tennis team earned an impressive 8-1 victory at Brandeis on Friday afternoon.
The match between the #17 Jumbos and the #24 Judges saw the visitors surge to a 3-0 lead in doubles. The #2 pair of senior captain Samantha Gann (Massapequa, NY) and first-year Chelsea Hayashi (San Anselmo, CA) posted an easy 8-2 win. The first-year duo of Jacqueline Baum (Highland Park, IL) and Conner Calabro (Sherman Oaks, CA) had to work hardest for the Jumbos, defeating Brandeis' Robert Bergstein and Sarita Biswas 8-5 at #3.
Tufts locked up the match in the first few singles contests. Calabro breezed to a 6-0, 6-0 victory at #3, Meltzer took a 6-0, 6-4 final on the second court and Hayashi lost just five games at #5. The Jumbos also received wins at #4 from Baum (7-5, 6-2) and in the #1 match where Gann topped Allyson Bernstein 6-2, 3-6, 10-4.
The Judges' lone point came from sophomore Emily Eska at sixth singles. She bounced back from dropping the first set to earn a 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 win in a third-set super tiebreaker
The Jumbos finished their fall head-to-head season with a 2-1 mark. Brandeis (0-1) was playing in its only dual match of the fall.
Both teams compete at the New England Women's Intercollegaite Tennis Tournament next weekend (Oct. 18-20).
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