WELLESLEY, Mass. (2/10/24) – The Nichols College Women's Tennis team fell to Wellesley College to begin the spring season. The Blue came away with a 9-0 non-conference win at Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse on Saturday. The Bison fall to 9-4 overall on the season.

The Blue (1-0 Overall) began the day with a 3-0 sweep of doubles. Senior Melinda Alviar (Indianapolis, Ind.) and sophomore Emilee Pak (Chicago, Ill.) gave the Blue its first point with an 8-1 win at No. 2 doubles against Nichols first years Erin Helly (Glocester, R.I.) and Cora Brosch (Papendorf, Germany)

No. 1 and 3 doubles were not far behind for Wellesley. First years Kriti Sarav (Chicago, Ill.) and Dalia Khera (Houston, Texas) defeated juniors Bethany Prendergast (Warwick, R.I.) and Kiley O'Brien (Cumberland, R.I.) 8-2 at No. 3 doubles. Senior Annissa Mu (Saratoga, Calif.) and first year Suzanne Xu (Boyds, Md.) grabbed an 8-3 victory over junior Antonia Carrero (Hamburg, Germany) and sophomore Sofia Leonardi (São Paulo, Brazil)

Pak ran Wellesley's lead to 4-0 with a 6-1, 6-4 win over junior Johanna Schroeder (Mexico City, Mexico) at No. 3 singles. 

No. 1 and 2 singles finished at nearly the same time to clinch the match for the Blue. Xu earned a 7-5, 6-4 win over Volger at No. 2 while Mu battled to a three-set 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 win over Carrero at No. 1.

For the Blue, Madhusudan earned a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles over Sofia Leonardi. Sarav and senior Jennifer Fan (Vancouver, British Columbia) closed out the 9-0 victory with wins at No. 5 and 6 singles. Sarav won 6-3, 6-3 over Cora Brosch and Fan earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Erin Helly.

The Bison now look ahead as they face Smith on Saturday, February 17 for a 2:00 PM match. The home match for the Bison will take place inside at Pomfret Academy due to the winter weather conditions.