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#14 Women's Tennis

No. 15 Women's Tennis Handles No. 17 Case Western Reserve, 5-2

Box Score ATLANTA—Senior Olivia Soffer (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), junior Matia Cristiani (San Salvador, El Salvador) and sophomore Chaniel Soffer (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) all recorded wins in both singles and doubles to help 15th-ranked Babson College defeat No. 17 Case Western Reserve University, 5-2, in non-conference women's tennis action on Saturday at the Woodruff PE Center Tennis Courts. 

Babson, which has won three of its last four matches, improves to 8-3 on the year. Case Western Reserve had its three-match winning streak snapped to dip to 11-4 on the year. 

The Beavers swept all three doubles matches to take the first point of the match, highlighted by Olivia Soffer and Matia Cristiani topping Lily McCloskey (Oakwood, Ohio) and Katalina Wang (Venetia, Pa.) 7-5 at number one. Chaniel Soffer and first-year Alessandra Cristiani (San Salvador, El Salvador) were 6-3 winners over Laurel Utterback (North Canton, Ohio) and Katie Wong (East Brunswick, N.J.) at number two, while the duo of sophomore Dana Kamal (Cairo, Egypt) and first-year Mia Sorrentino (Miami, Fla.) edged Anna Kan (Canfield, Ohio) and Asha Shukla (Cary, N.C.) at number three, 6-4. 

Olivia Soffer was a 6-3, 7-5 winner over McCloskey at number one singles and Matia Cristiani earned her second win of the day with a 6-2, 6-1 rout of Utterback at number two. Chaniel Soffer downed Wang in three sets at number three, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, and junior Kamila Stasiowska (Burlington, Conn.) rolled to a 6-2, 6-4 triumph at number four singles. 

The Spartans' singles points came at number four where Kan beat Alessandra Cristiani 6-2, 6-3, and at number six where Sorrentino fell to Wong, 6-1, 6-4. 

Babson returns to action on Tuesday when it hosts Clark at 3:30 p.m., while Case remains in Atlanta to take on No. 3 Emory on Sunday at 12 p.m. 

MATCH NOTES
•    Saturday's match was the first all-time for Babson against Case Western Reserve. 
•    With Saturday's win and Friday's loss to No. 3 Emory, the Beavers are now 5-3 on the year against top-40 teams. 
•    The Green and White is now 8-2 on the year when winning the doubles point. 
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Players Mentioned

Matia Cristiani

Matia Cristiani

Junior
Dana Kamal

Dana Kamal

Sophomore
Chaniel Soffer

Chaniel Soffer

Sophomore
Olivia Soffer

Olivia Soffer

Senior
Kamila Stasiowska

Kamila Stasiowska

Junior
Alessandra Cristiani

Alessandra Cristiani

Freshman
Mia Sorrentino

Mia Sorrentino

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Matia Cristiani

Matia Cristiani

Junior
Dana Kamal

Dana Kamal

Sophomore
Chaniel Soffer

Chaniel Soffer

Sophomore
Olivia Soffer

Olivia Soffer

Senior
Kamila Stasiowska

Kamila Stasiowska

Junior
Alessandra Cristiani

Alessandra Cristiani

Freshman
Mia Sorrentino

Mia Sorrentino

Freshman