No. 18 Women's Tennis vs. Wheaton
Tuesday, April 23 | 3:00 p.m.
Babson Tennis Courts | Babson Park, Mass.
SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 19-11 all-time against Wheaton in a series that dates back to 1994.
• The Beavers have won eight consecutive matches versus the Lyons since 2014.
LAST MEETING
• Seniors
Juliette Moschella and
Jane Wang and sophomores
Kamila Stasiowska and
Elena Keitt were all winners in both singles and doubles as No. 18 Babson blanked Wheaton, 9-0, on April 11, 2023, at the Clark Tennis Courts in Norton, Mass.
• Senior
Adèle Fernández and
Morgan Mann '23 were also on winning doubles teams for the Beavers, and sophomores
Mariana Campos and
Grace Starcher captured singles wins in the team victory.
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 18 Babson (10-5, 6-1 NEWMAC) is coming off a 9-0 conference victory over Springfield on Saturday on Senior Day in Babson Park.
• Junior
Olivia Soffer became the program's all-time leader in doubles in the win. Soffer and sophomore
Matia Cristiani were 8-4 winners at number one doubles. Fernández and first-year
Chaniel Soffer recorded an 8-1 victory at number two, while Moschella and Wang picked up an 8-3 win at number three. All six singles wins were recorded in straight sets.
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Olivia Soffer (17-2) is 11-1 in dual matches at number one singles while Cristiani (23-1) is 11-0 at number two and has won 12 straight matches. Rizk (9-8) is third on the team in singles wins, followed by
Chaniel Soffer (8-8), Campos (8-6), and Moschella (8-4).
• O. Soffer and Cristiani (25-2), ranked No. 2 in Division III doubles, have won 10 of their last 11 matches. Fernández and C. Soffer have posted an 11-6 doubles record, including 8-4 in dual matches.
SCOUTING THE LYONS
• Wheaton (9-7, 3-4 NEWMAC) has dropped three in a row following Sunday's 7-2 home setback vs. Wellesley.
• Sophomore Kara Greenlee registered a three-set victory at number two singles, and first-year Laila Haraj-Sai earned a straight set triumph at fourth singles. Junior Izzy Kruse won a tiebreaker in the opening set at number six but went on to drop a dramatic third-set super-breaker, 13-11.
• First-year Taylor Wilson (8-5) leads the team in singles wins, going 5-4 in dual matches. Haraj-Sai (7-5) in 4-4 in dual matches, including 3-3 at number three, and Kruse (6-4) is 5-3 in dual matches, including 4-1 at number four.
• Greenlee and Mareike Mueller (4-4) are 4-3 at number one doubles, and Kruse and Haraj-Sai (3-2) are 3-1 at number two.
WEEKLY HONORS
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Olivia Soffer and Cristiani swept this week's NEWMAC weekly honors for the third time this spring.
• Soffer went 2-0 at number one singles last week against a pair of NEWMAC opponents, and the two stayed unbeaten at number one doubles in league play with a pair of wins over the weekend.
REGIONAL RANKINGS
• Babson is seventh in the latest ITA Northeast Region team rankings.
• Soffer is the top-ranked singles player in the region and Cristiani is fourth for the Beavers, and the two are the top-ranked doubles team in the region.
CHECKING THE STANDINGS
• Heading into the final week of the regular season, MIT (7-0) is holding down first place in the NEWMAC standings with Babson (6-1) a match behind, followed closely by Wellesley (5-1).
• Smith (4-3), Mount Holyoke (3-3), and Springfield (3-4) are in position for the final three playoff spots but will have to ward off Wheaton (2-4) and Emerson (2-5).
RECORD IN REACH
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Olivia Soffer surpassed the all-time doubles record of 60 set by Francesca Russo '06 from 2002-06 with her 61st victory on Saturday.
• The Babson junior was already the program's all-time leader in singles (69) and combined victories (130).
CLIMBING THE RANKS
• Cristiani moved into ninth place with 96 career victories over her first two seasons at Babson.
• Her 47-3 record in singles has her eighth on the Beavers' all-time wins list and her 49 doubles wins are tied for ninth.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
• Babson has posted an 21-2 regular season record against NEWMAC foes over the past four seasons, and a 50-7 mark going back to 2015.
• The Beavers have led after doubles in 12 of their 14 matches this season.
• The Green and White is 9-0 on the year when it records victories at both fourth and sixth singles.
UP NEXT
• The Beavers will play their final regular season match at home against Wellesley on Saturday.
