THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 12 MIT 9, Emerson College 0
 
- Records: MIT (4-2, 1-0 NEWMAC), Emerson (2-8, 0-3 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (DuPont Tennis Courts)
 
- The Lead: The No. 12 MIT women's tennis team dropped only three games in its 9-0 victory over NEWMAC foe Emerson College on Friday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Sophomores Artemis Pados (Delray Beach, Calif.) and Alaina Kolli (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) picked up the first point of the day as they defeated Sophie Oglensky and Chase Stinson, 8-0, in the No. 2 doubles position. Junior Jay Lu (Austin, Texas) and senior Kimberly Liao (Commack, N.Y.) quickly followed with an 8-1 win over Susie-Jane Wilson and Gabrielle McGovern in the top slot while first-years Anastasia Samets (Ocean, N.J.) and Saina Deshpande (Pune, India) also recorded an 8-1 victory as they bested Evlin Walsh and Kendi Bispham.
 
- The Engineers produced 6-0, 6-0 victories in the No. 2 and 6 slots as Liao defeated McGovern and first-year Alicen Liu (Novi, Mich.) clinched the match for MIT by overpowering Jayden Beverly. In the No. 5 position, first-year Nishi Gandra (Mason, Ohio) notched a 6-0, 6-0 win over Walsh while first-year Katya Shepherd Johnson (Takoma Park, Md.) registered a 6-0, 6-1 decision against Oglensky in the top spot. Pados and Samets followed with 6-0, 6-0 scores versus Stinson and Amaya Briones at No. 4 and 3 singles, respectively.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Tuesday, March 26 when it travels to No. 27 Caltech for a match at 6:00 p.m. ET. Emerson, meanwhile, continues NEWMAC play on Saturday, March 30 when it hosts Mount Holyoke College at 11:00 a.m.
 
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