Volume 118 >> Issue 46 : Friday, October 2, 1998

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Tennis Slams WPI, Remains Undefeated

The women's tennis team travelled on Tuesday to play the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. MIT won the match 8­1 to remain undefeated in the conference.

In doubles play, Mealani Nakamura '00 and Kelly Koskelin '02 won without dropping a game 8­0, at the first position, while Jessica Hall '02 and Nisha Singh '00 prevailed 8­2 at second doubles.Yi-Ning Cheng '02 and Shikha Gupta '01 won 8­3 at third doubles, as did Priscilla Cheung '02 and Kosanna Poon '01 at fourth doubles.

In singles, Nakamura, Koskelin, and Hall both won by identical 6­1, 6­0 scores at first, second, and third singles, respectively. Singh prevailed 6­2, 6­2 at fourth singles, while Cheng lost a tough three-setter, 6­2, 2­6, 0­6 at fifth singles. Gupta won easily, 6­0, 6­2 at sixth singles, while Cheung and Poon won 8­4 and 8­3 at seventh and eighth singles.

The team travels to play against Tufts on Saturday in a non-conference match.