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Brandeis Closes Fall Season at Middlebury Hidden Duals

Brandeis Closes Fall Season at Middlebury Hidden Duals

From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis women's tennis team rounded out its fall 2018 season at the Middlebury Hidden Duals tournament over the weekend. The Judges met Williams and Middlebury in a series of head-to-head matches.

Sophomore Lauren Bertsch (Middletown, R.I. / LaSalle Academy) turned in Brandeis's top performance of the weekend, winning her two singles matches and one doubles contest. In singles action, she bested Maxine Ng of Williams, 6-1, 2-6, 10-3, and Emily Bian of Middlebury, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2. In doubles, she and partner Olivia Leavitt (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) defeated Ng and Emily Zheng of Williams, 8-5. The duo dropped two matches against Ann Martin Skelly and Christina Pucinelli of Middlebury, 8-3 on Saturday and 8-1 on Sunday.

Senior Keren Khromchenko (Manalapan, N.J./ Academy of Alied Health and Science) picked up a pair of singles wins, 6-1, 6-4, over Bian of Middlebury and 6-3, 6-1, over Zheng of Williams.

In the last round of matches of the weekend against Middlebury, Brandeis senior Sophia He (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Spackenkill) earned a 6-4, 6-3, win over Skelly and rookie Ana Hatfield (Rockford, Ill. / Boylan Central Catholic) rallied to defeat Nora Dahl, 4-6, 7-5, 10-2.