Babson tops Salve Regina in women's tennis

NEWPORT, R.I. (Saturday, March 30, 2024) - Salve Regina University women's tennis lost their NEWMAC match with visiting Babson College, 9-0.

With its 12th consecutive NEWMAC regular season victory since last year, Babson improved to 7-2 overall and 3-0 in conference play. Salve Regina dropped its seventh straight match and fell to 2-7 overall and 0-1 in the NEWMAC in its first year in the conference.

Junior Olivia Soffer (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and sophomore 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 Shyla Khattar (New Delhi, India) won her matches at fifth singles and second doubles and senior Shanaya Naik (Mumbai, India) captured wins at sixth singles and third doubles.

The Beavers took a 3-0 lead in doubles as Soffer-Cristiani at number one and Khattar and sophomore Grace Starcher (Morristown, N.J.) at number two both cruised to 8-0 victories. Naik and senior Jane Wang (San Diego, Calif.) turned in an 8-4 triumph at number three for the Green and White.

Soffer, Cristiani and Khattar breezed to 6-0, 6-0 victories at numbers one, two and five singles, respectively. Senior Juliette Moschella (Little Silver, N.J.) registered a 6-2, 6-1 win at number three, sophomore Mariana Campos (Houston, Texas) was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at number four, and Naik posted a 6-1, 6-0 triumph at number six.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Babson 9, Salve Regina 0
Records: Salve Regina (2-7, 0-1 NEWMAC), Babson (7-2, 4-0 NEWMAC)
All-Time Series: This was the 12th meeting since 2000, the first as fellow NEWMAC members, and the first since 2015. Babson is now 12-0 all-time against Salve Regina.

Doubles

1. Matia Cristiani / Olivia Soffer (BAB) def. Stephanie Davis / Alexa Stevens (SRU) 8-0
2. Shyla Khattar / Grace Starcher (BAB) def. Elena Murdock / Madigan Murphy (SRU) 8-0
3. Shanaya Naik / Jane Wang (BAB) def. Casey Farrell / Kaydin Pinto (SRU) 8-4

Singles

1. Olivia Soffer (BAB) def. Alexa Stevens (SRU) 6-1, 6-0
2. Matia Cristiani (BAB) def. Stephanie Davis (SRU) 6-0, 6-0
3. Juliette Moschella (BAB) def. Madigan Murphy (SRU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Mariana Campos (BAB) def. Elena Murdock (SRU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Shyla Khattar (BAB) def. Sadie Rieg (SRU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Shanaya Naik (BAB) def. Graysen Scherer (SRU) 6-0, 6-0