Posted: Apr 23, 2016

Women's Tennis Sets Down Penn College, 7-2

Team Stats

Penn College

Wells

Score

Doubles

Brooke Benedetto / Yuna Furusawa (WELW)
def. Melissa Stabley / Carolyn Krasley (PCTW)

8-5

Kevisha Hunt / Nicole Sanborn (WELW)
def. Megan Barlett / Morgan Blackwell (PCTW)

8-6

Kamarie Maturine / Kate Wells (WELW)
def. Jane Herman / Erin Jacob (PCTW)

8-2

Singles

Brooke Benedetto (WELW)
def. Melissa Stabley (PCTW)

6-0, 6-3

Carolyn Krasley (PCTW)
def. Kamarie Maturine (WELW)

6-2, 6-3

Kevisha Hunt (WELW)
def. Megan Barlett (PCTW)

6-3, 6-2

Nicole Sanborn (WELW)
def. Morgan Blackwell (PCTW)

6-1, 6-3

Jane Herman (PCTW)
def. Yuna Furusawa (WELW)

6-4, 3-6, 10-4

Kate Wells (WELW)
def. Erin Jacob (PCTW)

6-0, 6-0

AURORA, N.Y. – The Wells College women's tennis team concluded its regular season of action on Saturday, defeating Penn College by a 7-2 score. Wells evened its overall record at 6-6, finishing its North Eastern Athletic Conference schedule with a 5-2 mark while the Wildcats drop to 3-10 and to 3-4 against league foes.

Wells has qualified for the playoffs for the fifth-straight season and will compete as a team this Wednesday, Apr. 27 in the NEAC West Division Tournament at the Birchwood Tennis Club in Clarks Summit, Pa. The individual portion of the tournament will commence on Thursday, Apr. 28 at 1 p.m., starting with doubles play.

Senior Brooke Benedetto (Williamstown, N.Y.) and Yuna Furusawa (Hirakata, Osaka, Japan) picked up an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles before the tandem of senior Kevisha Hunt (Germantown, Md.) and junior Nicole Sanborn (Onondaga, N.Y.) earned an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles. Sophomore Kamarie Maturine (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and classmate Kate Wells (Gardner, Mass.) cruised to an 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles.

Benedetto picked up a solid 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles, finishing the year with an 11-1 mark at the top singles flight for Wells. Hunt would finish the regular season with a 7-2 record at No. 3 singles, earning the 6-3, 6-2 win against her counterpart from Penn College.

Sanborn secured a 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles before Wells blanked her No. 6 singles opponent, 6-0, 6-0. Wells has racked up a 4-0 record at No. 6 singles, winning her last four matches for the Express.

Additional information about the NEAC West Division Tournament, including final team and individual seedings, will be released on the Wells College Athletics website in the coming days.