NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — The first year duo of Laila Haraj-Sai (Madison, Conn.) and Taylor Wilson (Dover, N.H.) placed second in the "C" Draw to lead the Wheaton College (Mass.) women's tennis team today at the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament at the Smith College Outdoor Tennis Courts in Northampton, Mass. The tournament was co-hosted by Mount Holyoke College, which served as the Day One site, and Smith College.

Haraj-Sai and Wilson took two out of three matches from Mount Holyoke College and did the same with Wellesley College's fourth pod entry, before falling, 3-0, to Wellesley's third pod entry in the "C" Draw Final. All matches were played in pro-set form.

Haraj-Sai defeated first year Rachel Allen (Mary Esther, Fla.) 8-6 in singles play of the quarterfinals and Wilson dispatched of sophomore Cal Smith (Bridgewater, Mass.), 8-2. The Wheaton duo dropped their doubles match to the MHC pair, 8-6. The Lyon combination continued their winning ways in singles action with both players earning singles victories over Wellesley. Haraj-Sai was an 8-5 victor over Wellesley first year Kriti Sarav (Chicago, Ill.) and Taylor turned in an 8-4 triumph over first year Lily Cade (Minneapolis, Minn.). The Wheaton duo fell in doubles action, 8-1.

Haraj-Sai succumbed in singles play to Wellesley first year Veda Madhusudan (Short Hills, N.J.), 8-2, and Wilson was upended by sophomore Emilee Pak (Chicago, Ill.), 8-0. The Wellesley combo made it a sweep with an 8-2 outcome in doubles play.

Wheaton junior Izzy Kruse (Woodstock, Ga.) teamed with first year Asia Hollis (Hamilton, Bermuda) in a quarterfinals match in "C" Draw play as well, but were defeated 3-0 by Wellesley's third pod. Kruse dropped her singles match to Madhusudan, 8-4, while Hollis was taken down by Pak, 8-0. The Wellesley duo won the doubles match by a count of 8-5.

Lyon senior Zoe West (Queens, N.Y.) easily won her singles match over Endicott College first year Abbey Fleming (Wolfeboro, N.H.) in the Consolation Final of the "D" Draw, 8-0, but it wasn't enough as junior Yolanda Mendonca (Albany, N.Y.) evened the series at 1-1 with an 8-2 win over Wheaton sophomore Haylee Doiron (Lowell, Mass.). The Endicott doubles combo outlasted the pair of Lyons, 8-7 (4) in doubles action to come away with the crown.

Wheaton won't play again until the Spring season begins on March 3 vs. Brandeis University.