Volume 118 >> Issue 53 : Tuesday, October 27, 1998

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Subvarsity Tennis Edges Out Simmons

The women's subvarsity tennis team played their final home match against Simmons College's varsity team. The match came down to the wire as the Engineers came out on top, 5­4.

At first doubles, the duo of Smriti Banthia '99 and Kosanna Poon '01 fell to Simmons 8­3. At second doubles the pair of Sarah Chalos '01 and Linda Huang '00 were victorious 8­2 as a result of smart shotmaking and overall consistency. MIT defaulted third doubles and sixth singles due to a lack of players.

Going into the singles competition of the match down 1­3, Huang was the first to come off the court with a point for MIT, winning 6­1, 6­2. Banthia, however, lost 6­4, 6­4, giving Simmons a 4­2 lead. Effy Klopfer '02 kept the Engineers in the match with a spectacular 6­3, 2­6, 6­1 win which experienced many momentum changes. Chalos was the next one off, with a 6­1, 6­2 win, which tied the match score at 4­4. Poon, after losing the first set 3­6, used her patience, speed and superior mental and physical fitness to overcome her opponent 3­6, 6­2, 7­6(8­6) to give MIT its fifth and winning point.