NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The Carleton College women's tennis team began the 2022-23 campaign with a convincing 8-1 triumph over Luther College. Lingyu Wei (Sr./Shanghai, China/Shanghai Weiyu High School) was one of four Knights to prevail in both singles and doubles.
 
In doubles, Mariam Nechiporuk (So./Portland, Ore./Lake Oswego) and Amelia Asfaw (So./Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep) won 8-4 at No. 1 doubles.
 
Amanda Black (So./Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) and Ingrid Smith (So./Edina, Minn./Edina) registered an 8-1 triumph at the second slot, while Wei and Alise Pedersen (Sr./San Anselmo, Calif./The Branson School) notched an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles.
 
The Knights (1-0) won five of the six singles matches. Asfaw and Nechiporuk came out on top at the top two spots, the former winning 6-1, 6-1 and the latter 6-4, 6-0.
 
Smith notched a 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) win at No. 3 singles, while Zoe Rose (So./Tacoma, Wash./Charles Wright Academy) added a convincing 6-1, 6-0 triumph at the fifth slot.
 
Wei took a wild thriller at No. 6 singles, winning by a 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (6-8), 10-2.
 
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton will play at the ITA Regional next weekend in St. Peter, Minn.
 
Carleton College 8, Luther College 1
Singles competition
1. Amelia Asfaw (CAR) def. Renata Martinez (LUTHER) 6-1, 6-1
2. Mariam Nechiporuk (CAR) def. Julia Moreno (LUTHER) 6-4, 6-0
3. Ingrid Smith (CAR) def. Sofia Sackett (LUTHER) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
4. M. Ramirez-Mainou (LUTHER) def. Amanda Black (CAR) 6-4, 2-6, 10-5
5. Zoe Rose (CAR) def. Riley O'Donnell (LUTHER) 6-1, 6-0
6. Lingyu Wei (CAR) def. Abby Struble (LUTHER) 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (6-8), 10-2
 
Doubles competition
1. Mariam Nechiporuk/Amelia Asfaw (CAR) def. Sofia Sackett/Julia Moreno (LUTHER) 8-4
2. Amanda Black/Ingrid Smith (CAR) def. Natalia Smith/Renata Martinez (LUTHER) 8-1
3. Alise Pederson/Lingyu Wei (CAR) def. Emily Rubbelke/Kylie Dunning (LUTHER) 8-3