On the first day of the Wellesley Invitational, the New York University women's tennis team fell to host Wellesley College by a score of 8-1 on Friday evening.

The Violets lost the first two doubles matches to the #10-ranked Blue, but secured a victory in the third match.  The doubles duo of Elizabeth Feldman and Lena-Sophie Krups notched the only victory of the day for NYU when they defeated their opponents 8-6.

Wellesley then swept all of the singles matches, bringing their record to 14-5.  With their record now at 3-7, the Violets look to come back strong on Saturday.  They face Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the second day of the Invitational competition at 11:00 a.m. in Cambridge, MA. 

Doubles Competition
1. Marie Watanabe/Grace Cheng (WEL) def. Stephanie Tu/Liz Stachtiaris
(NYU) 8-1
2. Mohona Siddique/Jacqueline Shen (WEL) def. Amanda Freedman/Lisa Mijovic (NYU) 8-1
3. Elizabeth Feldman/Lena-Sophie Krups (NYU) def. Anjalee Martin/Nathalie
Herman (WEL) 8-6

Singles Competition
1. Marie Watanabe (WEL) def. Liz Stachtiaris (NYU) 6-0, 6-1
2. Grace Cheng (WEL) def. Stephanie Tu (NYU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-1)
3. Mohona Siddique (WEL) def. Amanda Freedman (NYU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Katie Ching (WEL) def. Elizabeth Feldman (NYU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Nathalie Herman (WEL) def. Lisa Mijovic (NYU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Anjalee Martin (WEL) def. Lena-Sophie Krups (NYU) 6-2, 6-2

Order of Finish--Doubles: 2, 1, 3; Singles: 3, 1, 5, 4 6, 2