CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Sabrina Salmela (Beverly, Mass.) became the all-time leader in victories for Simmons tennis with a thrilling win at the ITA regional tournament held at MIT. Salmela's 73rd career win puts her ahead of her former doubles partner Maile Macleod ('11).

Salmela partnered freshman Meghan Cokely (Haverhill, Mass.) in a 9-8 upset of NESCAC foes Lauren Jacobs and Madison Hartley of Wesleyan. The first time pairing of Salmela/Cokely faced two match points against at 4-6 in the tiebreaker but then won the final four points of the match to secure the win.

The next round saw the duo up against Amherst's Jordan Brewer and Sue Ghosh. Salmela and Cokely had game points in 5 of the 9 games but Brewer (ranked #1 nationally in doubles in 2011) and Ghosh were too strong on the big points as Amherst won going away 8-1.

In singles play, junior Margaret Teague (Manchester, N.H.) played well early on against Samantha Gann of Tufts. With the score tied at 4-4 in the first set, Gann held off Teague's challenge to win the set. The second set was very competitive but Gann's experience showed as she won by a final of 6-4,6-2.