October 6, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Smith Tennis Upsets Wheaton 5-4

Northampton, MA: The Pioneers upset Wheaton College 5-4 in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC)tennis match this afternoon in Northampton. With the win, Smith improved to 3-3 overall and in NEWMAC competition while the Lyons fell to 7-3 overall and 3-3 in the conference.

Smith took an early 2-1 lead in the match after the number two doubles team of Catherine Hill-Lydecker (Conway, NH) and Alanna Dick (Winthrop, ME) won their match 8-4 and the third doubles team of Tina Jackson (Payson, AZ) and Nawal Mays (Niskayuna, NY) took their match 8-6.

The match was tied at 4-4 after Catherine Teague (Manchester, NH), Sarah Geocaris (Newport Beach, CA) and Maya Milic-Strkalj (Philadelphia, PA) of Wheaton and Dick and Jackson of Smith won their singles matches. The Pioneers pulled out the victory at number three singles when HIll-Lydecker won her first game 6-2 and the second 7-6.  With the tiebreaker at 3-3, she tallied the next four points to win it 7-3 and secure Smith's win.

Both teams will host NEWMAC opponents on Saturday, October 13 at 1 pm with Smith taking on Springfield and Wheaton facing Babson.

Doubles
1.  Miyu Kikuchi/Diana Fiumefreddo of Smith lost to Catherine Teague/Sarah Geocaris, 5-8
2.  Catherine Hill-Lydecker/Alanna Dick of Smith defeated EllenVan Faasen/Maya Milic-Strkalj, 8-4
3.  Tina Jackson/Nawal Mays of Smith defeated Chelsea Cordes/Bethany Pine, 8-6

Singles
1. Kikuchi lost to Teague, 1-6, 0-6
2. Fiumefreddo lost to Geocaris, 4-6, 0-6
3. Hill-Lydecker defeated Van Faasen, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
4. Anderson lost to Milic-Strkalj, 6-7 (3-7), 0-6
5. Dick defeated Cordes, 6-2, 6-2
6. Jackson defeated Pine, 7-5, 6-2