ORANGE, Calif. — The 17th-ranked Babson College women's tennis team had five players earn points in both singles and doubles on the way to sweeping No. 39 Chapman University, 7-0, to start off the spring break trip to California Sunday afternoon at Chapman's Erin J. Anderson Tennis Center.
With the victory, Babson ups its record to 2-0 on the season while Chapman lost its second in a row to fall to 2-3 overall.
Senior
Olivia Soffer (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and junior
Matia Cristiani (San Salvador, El Salvador) teamed up for a win at No. 1 doubles before registering singles victories in the top two flights for the Beavers. Sophomore
Chaniel Soffer (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and first-year
Alessandra Cristiani (San Salvador, El Salvador) posted a win at No. 2 doubles before coming out on top in the middle two singles flights for the Green and White. Sophomore
Dana Kamal (Cairo, Egypt) and junior
Kamila Stasiowska (Burlington, Conn.) won the No. 3 doubles match before first-year
Sarai Dorismond (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Stasiowska completed the sweep with victories in the bottom two singles flights.
The Babson tandem of Olivia and Matia had little trouble in putting away a 6-1 decision at No. 1, while Chaniel and Alessandra at No. 2 and Kamal and Stasiowska at No. 3 clinched the doubles sweep with 6-4 triumphs.
Matia cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 2 singles and Olivia captured a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 1. Alessandra took a 6-3, 6-2 verdict at No. 4 and Dorismond finished off a 6-1, 6-3 score at No. 5. With the team outcome secured, Chaniel and Stasiowska needed third-set super-breakers to post the victories, Chaniel by scores of 6-0, 1-6, 1-0 (10-8) and Stasiowska by scores of 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7).
Babson is back on the court on Wednesday with a match-up against No. 8 Middlebury at 1 p.m. (ET) at the University of Redland's Coach Jim Verdieck Tennis Center.