NORTON, Mass. - The Wheaton College women's tennis team knocked off Wellesley College for the third straight time in a rematch of last year's New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament championship match, as the Lyons posted a 7-2 victory inside Beard Field House on Tuesday.

Wheaton, which is ranked 10th in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast poll, collected its third straight win to improve to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in league play, while 11th-ranked Wellesley suffered its second consecutive loss in falling to 2-2 and 2-1.

The hosts won all three doubles matches, with regionally-ranked seniors Sarah Geocaris (Newport Beach, Calif./Sage Hill School) and Catherine Teague (Manchester, N.H./Central) topping senior Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta/Queen Elizabeth) and freshman Diana Granger (Glencoe, Ill./North Shore Country Day School) by an 8-5 count in the first spot.

Freshmen Lyndsay Cooke (Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield Christian) and Madison Hartley (Charlotte, Vt./Rice Memorial) notched an 8-3 triumph at second doubles, while senior Ellen Van Faasen (Manchester, Mass./Manchester Essex Regional) and junior Allesandra DiOrio (Cumberland, R.I./Lincoln School) won 8-6 at number three.

Geocaris and Cooke clinched the team victory with a pair of straight-set singles wins in the second and third positions, respectively, as each surrendered three games.  Teague and DiOrio overcame first-set deficits to capture three-set victories at one and four, respectively.

Granger recorded a 6-2, 6-1 triumph for Wellesley in the fifth spot, while freshman Morgan Johnstonbaugh (Gibsonia, Pa./Hampton) won in three sets at number six.

The Lyons continue their three-match homestand on Saturday against league opponent Springfield College at 1:00 p.m.