Women's Tennis Makes It Three-Straight

Saturday, February 28

Hanover, N.H.

12:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Wellesley

Leonard, Adler Lead Women's Tennis at Virginia Invitational

3/1/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

By: Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth women's tennis team won its third straight match downing Wellesley College 7-0 this afternoon at the Boss Tennis Center and Gordon Pavilion.

The match marked the return of former Big Green assistant, Brian Kuscher, who is in his first year as Wellesley's head coach. Dartmouth moves to 4-6 on the season, while Wellesley is 0-1.

Dartmouth won the doubles point, getting wins at No. 1 from junior tri-captain Jesse Adler (Winnetka, Ill.) and freshman Carissa King (Charlotte, N.C.), and at No. 3 from junior Carley Markovitz (South Pasedena, Calif.) and senior tri-captain Jamie Caplan (Oakton, Va.), who made her 2009 debut.

Sophomore Molly Scott recorded a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 1. Junior tri-captain Mary Beth Winingham (Carmel, Ind.) won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, while sophomore Ryan Reichel (Hilton Head, S.C.) dropped just one game at No. 3. King didn't lose a game at No. 4 singles, and sophomore Ashley Mitchell (Charleston, S.C.) made quick work of her opponent at No. 5. Freshman Shelley Carpeni (New York, N.Y.) also won handily at No. 6 with a 6-2, 6-0 victory.

Dartmouth squares off against Temple tomorrow, February 15, at 11 a.m.

Singles:
1.    Molly Scott (D) def. Marie Watanabe (W) 6-0, 6-1
2.    Mary Beth Winingham (D) def. Jennifer Schwarzkopf (W) 6-2, 6-1
3.    Ryan Reichel (D) def. Shivani Saxena (W) 6-1, 6-0
4.    Carissa King (D) def. Meghan Stubblebine (W) 6-0, 6-0
5.    Ashley Mitchell (D) def. Mohona K. Siddique (W) 6-1, 6-1
6.    Shelley Carpeni (D) def. Grace Cheng (W) 6-2, 6-0
Exhibition: Julia Zak (D) def. Nathalie Herman 8-0

Doubles:
1. Adler-King (D) def. Schwarzkopf-Siddique (W) 8-6
2. Georgiana Smyser-Carpeni (D) lost to Watanabe-Cheng (W) 8-7 (6)
3. Carley Markovitz-Jamie Caplan (D) def. Shen-Saxena (W) 8-2