THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 11 MIT 9, Wheaton College 0
 
- Records: MIT (12-3, 7-0 NEWMAC), Wheaton (9-6, 3-3 NEWMAC)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (DuPont Tennis Courts)
 
- The Lead: No. 11 MIT picked up its seventh straight victory following a 9-0 decision against Wheaton College in NEWMAC women's tennis action on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
-Junior Jay Lu (Austin, Texas) and first-year Saina Deshpande (Pune, India) kicked off the match with an 8-0 victory over Izzy Kruse and Zoe West in the No. 3 doubles slot. Senior Kimberly Liao (Commack, N.Y.) and first-year Anastasia Samets (Ocean, N.J.) followed with an 8-2 win against Mareike Mueller and Asia-Leigh Hollis in the No. 2 position while sophomores Alaina Kolli (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) and Artemis Pados (Delray Beach, Calif.) also notched an 8-2 victory as they defeated Kara Greenlee and Alissa Ortiz.
 
- Deshpande did not drop a game in her straight-set win against Taylor Wilson at No. 3 singles while Lu clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Greenlee in the No. 2 slot. At the top of the ladder, first-year Katya Shepherd Johnson (Takoma Park, Md.) posted a 6-0, 6-3 decision versus Mueller. Pados produced a 6-1, 6-0 win against Laila Haraj-Sai in the No. 4 position as first-year Alicen Liu (Novi, Mich.) cruised past Haylee Doiron, 6-0, 6-0 in the No. 6 spot. First-year Nishi Gandra (Mason, Ohio) closed out the match by defeating Hollis, 6-0, 6-0, in the fifth slot.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT will host Mount Holyoke College on Tuesday, April 23 at 3:30 p.m. while Wheaton will host Wellesley College on Sunday, April 21 at 12:00 p.m.
 
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