September 8, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carole Grills
(413) 585-2703

Tennis Falls to MIT 8-1

Northampton, MA: In their first match of the season, the Pioneers fell to MIT 8-1 this afternoon in Cambridge. Catherine Lydecker (Conway, NH) and Alanna Dick (Winthrop, ME) were victorious at number three doubles for Smith winning their match 8-6.

MIT 8, Smith 1

Doubles
#1   Miyu Kikuchi/Seiko Fujii lost to Leslie Hansen/Mariah Hoover, 8-10
#2   Diana Fiumefreddo/Nicole Anderson lost to Anisa McCree/Liz Denys, 2-8
#3  Catherine Lydecker/Alanna Dick defeated Jen Rees/Melissa Diskin, 8-6

Singles
#1 Kikuchi lost to Hansen, 0-6, 1-6
#2 Fujii lost to Denys, 0-6, 1-6
#3 Fiumefreddo lost to Hoover, 2-6, 2-6
#4 Lydecker lost to Yi Wang, 1-6, 3-6
#5 Anderson lost to Diskin, 2-6, 1-6
#6 Tina Jackson lost to McCree, 3-6, 6-1, 6-10

Smith will be in action again on Saturday, September 15 when they host NEWMAC rival Babson College at 1 p.m.