THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 19 MIT 8, No. 43 Wellesley College 1
 
- Records: MIT (9-3, 4-0 NEWMAC), Wellesley (6-3, 1-1 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Wellesley, Mass. (The Amy Batchelor '88, Trustee, Tennis Courts)
 
- The Lead: The No. 19 MIT women's tennis team picked up its fourth straight win after it defeated No. 43 Wellesley College, 8-1, in NEWMAC action on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Senior Kimberly Liao (Commack, N.Y.) and first-year Anastasia Samets (Ocean, N.J.) overpowered Lily Cade and Kriti Sarav, 8-0, in the No. 3 doubles position. However, Wellesley's No. 2 tandem of Emilee Pak and Susanne Xu defeated junior Jay Lu (Austin, Texas) and first-year Saina Deshpande (Pune, India), 8-5, to tie the match. The Engineers took the lead after sophomores Alaina Kolli (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) and Artemis Pados (Delray Beach, Calif.) topped Melinda Alviar and Annissa Mu, 8-4, in the No. 1 slot.
 
- MIT carried the momentum into the singles matches as it swept the Blue. Kolli cruised past Cade, 6-1, 6-0, in the No. 4 position while Deshpande defeated Dalia Khera, 6-2, 6-2, in the No. 5 spot. Samets clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Jennifer Fan in the No. 6 slot as Liao followed with a 6-1, 6-1 decision against Veda Madhusudan in the No. 2 position. First-year Katya Shepherd Johnson (Takoma Park, Md.) topped Xu, 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 1 spot as Lu closed out the match with a 6-4, 6-1 win against Sarav in the No. 3 slot.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT travels to Springfield College for a NEWMAC match on Tuesday, April 16 at 3:30 p.m.
 
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