CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- With two players unable to compete, a shorthanded Mount Holyoke tennis team fell 9-0 at No. 11 nationally ranked MIT on Tuesday afternoon.
The host Engineers (13-3, 8-0 NEWMAC) scored two points by default, with Mount Holyoke (10-7, 4-4 NEWMAC) unable to compete at No. 3 doubles nor No. 6 singles. A third point for MIT was scored by Nishi Gandra at third singles, where Lyons first-year Rachel Allen (Mary Esther, Fla.) retired with an injury in the opening set.
MIT won 8-2 at first doubles and 8-0 at second doubles, then took first, second, fourth and fifth singles in straight sets. Junior Annika Chai (London, England) was the last player competing for the Lyons, as she battled to a 6-2, 6-1 loss against Katya Shepherd at first singles.
Mount Holyoke finishes the regular season with a home match against Clark University on Saturday at 12pm, to be played at Smith College's outdoor courts in Northampton, Mass.
No. 11 MIT 9, Mount Holyoke 0
April 23, 2024 at Cambridge, Mass.
Doubles
1. Alaina Kolli/Artemis Pados (MIT) def. Kirat Kaur/Annika Chai (MHC) 8-2
2. Saina Deshpande/Jay Lu (MIT) def. Cal Smith/Rachel Allen (MHC) 8-0
3. Kimberly Liao/Anastasia Samets (MIT) by default
Singles
1. Shepherd (MIT) def. Chai (MHC) 6-2, 6-1
2. Samets (MIT) def. Kaur (MHC) 6-0, 6-1
3. Nishi Gandra (MIT) def. Allen (MHC) by retirement
4. Alicen Liu (MIT) def. Smith (MHC) 6-1, 6-0
5. Sophia Min (MIT) def. Kate Vavra (MHC) 6-1, 6-1
6. Deshpande (MIT) by default
