2006 NEWMAC WOMEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT -
Wellesley Wins Third Straight Title Behind 5-0 Victory over MIT

NORTON, MA- Wellesley College won the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament women's tennis championship match against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the third straight season, picking up a 5-0 victory on Sunday in Wheaton College's Beard Field House.

The top-seeded Blue, ranked 23rd nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), improved to 10-1 and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia on May 15-20, 2007. Number two MIT was making its fifth straight NEWMAC Tournament title match appearance and dropped to 8-3.

Wellesley nabbed a 3-0 lead after taking each doubles match, two of which were high-scoring affairs. Juniors Jenna Mezin (Haiku, HI/Seabury Hall) and Hali Walther (Navarre, FL/Eastlake) wrapped up the quickest victory among the Blue's victorious trio, notching an 8-1 win at the top spot.

At number two, sophomore Jennifer Schwarzkopf (Hinsdale, IL/Hinsdale Central) and freshman Meghan Stubblebine (Bridgeville, PA/Bishop Canevin) held off MIT junior Mariah Hoover (Orlando, FL/Trinity Preparatory) and sophomore Yi Wang (Woodinville, WA/Inglemoor), 8-6. The third-position doubles match finished last, as sophomore Jane Booth-Tobin (Minneapolis, MN/Minneapolis South) and freshman Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, MD/Sidwell Friends School) picked up an 8-5 win against Engineer freshmen Anisa McCree (Acton, MA/Acton-Boxboro Regional) and Kerry Weinberg (New York, NY/Stuyvesant).

In singles play, the Blue needed to complete only two matches in clinching the team victory. Walther picked up a 6-1, 6-1 triumph in the third spot, while sophomore Alex Lucas (Leawood, KS/Notre Dame de Sion) recorded a 6-2, 6-2 decision at number four.

Following are singles and doubles results between MIT and Wellesley:

SINGLES
1. Jenna Mezin (WC) v. Leslie Hansen (MIT) 6-3, 1-2 (incomplete)
2. Jennifer Schwarzkopf (WC) v. Mariah Hoover (MIT) 6-3, 5-1 (incomplete)
3. Hali Walther (WC) d. Yi Wang (MIT) 6-1, 6-1
4. Alex Lucas (WC) d. Anisa McCree (MIT) 6-2, 6-2
5. Meghan Stubblebine (WC) v. Emily Chen (MIT) 6-4, 2-3 (incomplete)
6. Mohona Siddique (WC) v. Joanna MacKay (MIT) Did Not Start

DOUBLES
1. Mezin/Walther (WC) d. Hansen/MacKay (MIT) 8-1
2. Schwarzkopf/Stubblebine (WC) d. Hoover/Wang (MIT) 8-6
3. Siddique/Jane Booth-Tobin (WC) d. McCree/Kerry Weinberg (MIT) 8-5