MARLBOROUGH, Mass.  – MIT first-year Chloe Zeng (Austin, Texas) was selected as the NEWMAC Women's Tennis Singles Athlete of the Week on Monday. This was the second week in a row the No. 12 Engineers earned this honor as senior Jay Lu (Austin, Texas), Zeng's doubles partner, was the previous recipient.
 
In a 1-1 week for MIT, Zeng recorded a pair of victories in the No. 1 singles position. Against No. 14 Tufts on Wednesday, she raced out to a 5-0 lead over Melanie Woodbury in the first set en route to a 6-3 victory. In a back-and-forth second set, Woodbury forced a tiebreaker. Zeng won three of the first four points and held off Woodbury for a 7-5 decision. Although the Engineers fell to the Jumbos, 5-2, six matches went to a tiebreaker while a trio of singles matches were decided in three sets. On Saturday in a 7-0 win over Hamilton, Zeng established early leads in both sets as she defeated Hannah Apsey, 6-3, 6-3.
 
Wednesday, March 12 when it travels to No. 14 Tufts University for a 4:00 PM match.
 
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