NORTON, Mass.- The Wheaton College women's tennis team made the most of its New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) home opener on Saturday, as the Lyons handed visiting Springfield College a 7-2 loss at the Clark Tennis Courts.

Wheaton saw its overall record improve to 3-1 and league mark even out at 1-1, while the Pride is now 2-2 and 0-2.

The hosts took two of three doubles points, including at the top spot when junior Lyndsay Cooke (Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield Christian) and sophomore Alexandra Marlowe (Mesa, Ariz./Mountain View) overcame a 3-0 deficit before storming back to win 8-4.

Juniors Morgan Bell (Gloucester, Mass./Pingree School) and Sarah Crom (Bremen, Germany/International School of Bremen) matched the first doubles result, as they doubled up their counterparts in the second position.

Springfield seniors Amy Buttarazzi (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough) and Erin Woodbury (Portland, Maine/Catherine McAuley) emerged victorious by an 8-2 count in the third doubles spot.

The Lyons secured wins in five singles matches.  Marlowe blanked her opponent in the second slot, while Cooke and Crom surrendered one game apiece at one and four, respectively.

Boggis posted a 6-0, 6-2 triumph at six, and freshman Caroline DiNicola-Fawley (Brattleboro, Vt./Brattleboro Union) turned in a hard-fought 7-5, 7-5 win in the fifth spot.

Springfield's lone singles victory was a 6-4, 6-4 win by Woodbury at number three.

Select Wheaton players will travel to NEWMAC school Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) next weekend to compete at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional Tournament.