WESTON, Mass. – The Regis College women's tennis team began its 2012 campaign with an 8-1 victory over visiting Mount Ida College on Saturday afternoon in Weston, Mass. The Pride improves to 1-0 on the young season, while the Mustangs drop to 0-1. Abigail Wehr (Suwanee, Ga.), Jazz Hicks (Plymouth, Mass.) and Jewel Medeiros (Rochester, Mass.) each grabbed their first collegiate singles victories in the Pride win.

Regis wasted no time building an early 3-0 lead as the Pride swept all three doubles matches. Hicks and Wehr defeated Lizzie Olszweski (Granville, Mass.) and Kayla Horton (Brockton, Mass.) at No. 1 doubles, 8-1, while Caroline Roche (Hanover, Mass.) and Medeiros took home an 8-1 win in No. 2 doubles over Julie Pagliuca and Danielle Riley (Barre, Vt.). The sophomore duo of Kendall Kolb (Plymouth, Mass.) and Erika Palmer (Southborough, Mass.) rounded out doubles play with an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles.

In singles play, Wehr grabbed a 6-4, 6-0 win over Olszweski at No. 1 singles for her first collegiate win, while Jazz Hicks defeated Riley in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 2 singles for her first win. Caroline Roche used set scores of 6-1 and 6-3 for her win at No. 4 singles and Palmer won at No. 6 singles, 6-3, 6-0. Jewel Medeiros grabbed her first singles win at No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-0 over Patti-Ann Doucette (Lynn, Mass.). Mount Ida's lone point of the match came at the No. 3 singles position as Kayla Horton defeated Kendall Kolb, 6-2, 7-5.

Regis returns to action on September 15th when the Pride travel to Becker College to open the NECC slate of games at 12:00 p.m. Mount Ida looks to rebound when they also take on Becker College on September 3rd in Leicester, Mass.