April 8, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carole Grills
(413) 585-2703

Smith Tennis Falls 7-2 to Wesleyan

Northampton, MA: The Cardinals of Wesleyan University defeated Smith 7-2 this afternoon in Northampton. With the loss, Smith dropped to 3-8 overall for the spring season while Wesleyan improved to 5-4.

Senior Seiko Fujii (Aichi, Japan) defeated Meredith Holmes (Ivy, VA) 1-6, 7-5 (10-6) at number four singles while sophomore Miyu Kikuchi (Tokyo, Japan) won by default against Anika Fischer (New York, NY) at number two singles. The other close matches of the day were at number two doubles and six singles. Doubles partners Diana Fiumefreddo (Winchester, VA) and Tina Jackson (Payson, AZ) fell 6-8 while Nikki Anderson (Sherborn, MA) dropped a close 6-4, 5-7 (2-10) decision.

Doubles
#1 Catherine Hill-Lydecker/Alanna Dick (S) fell to Anika Fischer/Ania Preneta,
3-8
#2 Diana Fiumefreddo/Tina Jackson (S) fell to Meredith Holmes/Casey Simchik, 6-8
#3 Jacqui Sager/Maggie Steiner (S) fell to Lizzie Collector/Linda McDougal, 4-8

Singles
#1 Fiumefreddo lost to Preneta, 2-6, 2-6
#2 Kikuchi defeated Fischer, 1-6, 0-1 (default)
#3 Hill-Lydecker lost to Collector, 6-7,2-6
#4 Fujii defeated Holmes, 1-6, 7-5, (10-6)
#5 Dick lost to McDougal, 2-6, 2-6
#5 Anderson lost to Simchik, 6-4, 4-7 (2-10)

The Pioneers will host Holy Cross College on Saturday, April 12 at 1 p.m.