Courtesy Amherst Sports Information

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Amherst picked up a 5-0 win over Trinity Friday afternoon in the first round of the 2007 NESCAC Women's Tennis Championship. Poor weather conditions forced host Amherst to move day one of the NESCAC Tournament off site. 

Amherst jumped out to a dominating 3-0 lead after three quick doubles matches. The Lord Jeffs enter the quarterfinal round fresh of an April 22, 2007 win against the Bantams, taking the match 8-1 at Trinity. Senior co-captain Katie Hudson (Los Altos, Calif.) paired with first-year Jill Wexler (Beverly, Mass.) to form a solid #2 doubles team that would blast its opponents 8-0. 

Playing in front of the largest crowd of the day, Hudson earned a second team point in the Amherst effort as she dismantled her counterpart 6-2, 6-1.  

Amherst needed only a pair of wins to complete the 5-0 victory, and would pick up the final point from number two seed, Brittany Berckes (Secaucas, N.J.). Berckes won her match 6-1, 6-2 to close the match. 

Notable, both juniors Monica Snyder (Newton, Mass.) and Jen Murphy (Simsbury, Conn.) took their first sets, and were winning 3-0 and 4-0, respectively, in the second set when Amherst sealed the decision based result. 

Amherst advances to the NESCAC Tournament semifinal round to face second-seeded Bowdoin College tomorrow afternoon. Play is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Amherst College, but should rain force play inside; the match will begin following the men's semifinals and the first women's semifinal.

No. 3 Amherst 5, vs. No. 6 Trinity 0
6:00 p.m. at Mt. Holyoke College

Doubles                  
1 - Alicia Menezes/Brittany Berckes (Amherst) def. Brenna Driscoll/Amanda Tramont (Trinity) 8-1
2 - Katie Hudson/Jill Wexler (Amherst) def. Sarah Gould/Sydney Meckler (Trinity) 8-0
3 - Laura Stein/Jen Murphy (Amherst) def. Olivia Merns/Lindsay Ruslander (Trinity) 8-3

Singles
1 -  Brenna Driscoll (Trinity) vs. Alicia Menezes (Amherst) 6-3, 0-4 (DNF)
2 - Brittany Berckes (Amherst) def. Amanda Tramont (Trinity) 6-1, 6-2
3 - Monica Snyder (Amherst) vs. Sarah Gould (Trinity) 6-3, 3-0 (DNF)
4 - Jen Murphy (Amherst) vs. Lucretia Witte (Trinity) 6-0, 4-0 (DNF)
5 - Katie Hudson (Amherst) def. Lindsay Ruslander (Trinity) 6-2, 6-1
6 - Laura Stein (Amherst) vs. Sydney Meckler (Trinity) 6-1, 3-0 (DNF)