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Posted: Mar 08, 2020

Blue Tennis Rallies in Singles Play to Top No. 20 Brandeis, 6-3

Libby Chang helped power the Blue comeback with a three-set victory at No. 2 singles (Julia Monaco).
Libby Chang helped power the Blue comeback with a three-set victory at No. 2 singles (Julia Monaco).
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Team Stats
Doubles
Lauren Bertsch / Ana Hatfield (BRW)
def. Selina Peng / Libby Chang (WEL)
8-6
Rachel Zubrinsky / Isabel Cepeda (BRW)
def. Michaela Markwart / Michelle Shen (WEL)
8-6
Cinji Lee / Korina Hernandez (WEL)
def. Summer Quinn / Grace Wang (BRW)
8-2
Singles
Lauren Bertsch (BRW)
def. Michaela Markwart (WEL)
6-1, 2-6, 7-5
Libby Chang (WEL)
def. Ana Hatfield (BRW)
2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Michelle Shen (WEL)
def. Rachel Zubrinsky (BRW)
7-6 (7-2), 6-0
Selina Peng (WEL)
def. Isabel Cepeda (BRW)
6-0, 6-2
Dana Feng (WEL)
def. Grace Wang (BRW)
6-0, 6-0
Korina Hernandez (WEL)
def. Summer Quinn (BRW)
6-3, 6-1

WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Trailing 2-1 after doubles, Wellesley College tennis took five of the six singles matches to rally for a 6-3 non-conference victory over No. 20 Brandeis on Sunday at Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse. With the win, the Blue improved to 2-3 overall while dropping the Judges to 1-5 on the season.

Blue sophomore Cinji Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and senior Korina Hernandez (Tampa, Fla.) opened the match with an 8-2 Blue victory over Summer Quinn (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Grace Wang (Clyde Hill, Wash.) at No. 3 doubles. However, the Judges responded with back-to-back 8-6 victories in the top two singles matches to take a 2-1 lead into singles action. 

In singles, Wellesley sophomore Michelle Shen (Dallas, Texas) defeated junior Rachel Zubrinsky (Waxhaw, N.C.) at No. 3 to even the match, 2-2. Shen rallied to take the opening set in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (2), before cruising to a 6-0 win in the second. The Blue moved ahead 3-2 on the strength of a comeback victory by Libby Chang (San Marino, Calif.) at No. 2, as the Blue sophomore recovered from a 6-2 setback in the opening set of her match with Brandeis sophomore Ana Hatfield (Rockford, Ill.) to earn back-to-back 6-4 victories and take the match. 

Senior Selina Peng (Taichung, Taiwan) moved the Blue within a point of the victory with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Isabel Cepeda (Mason, Ohio) at No. 4. The match concluded just before the final point of a tremendous match-up at No. 1 singles, where Michaela Markwart (Hanover, Mass.) fell in three sets to Brandeis junior Lauren Bertsch (Middletown, R.I.), 6-1, 2-6, 7-5. The win moved the Judges within one in the team score, 4-3.

Blue first year Dana Feng (Irvine, Calif.) clinched the match as the Blue cruised to victories in the final two singles matches to clinch the 6-3 win. Feng swept past Grace Wang (Clyde Hill, Wash.), 6-0, 6-0, while Hernandez earned a 6-3, 6-1 win over Quinn at No. 6 to complete the comeback.

Wellesley will open the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) season on Tuesday, March 17, when the Blue host Wheaton at 4:00 PM. Brandeis will host Endicott on Friday, March 13, at 3:00 PM.