Netwomen Shell B.C., 8-1

The women's tennis team returned home to the sunny courts of Soldiers Field yesterday and overwhelmed a hapless Boston College squad, 8-1, raising its record to 2-3.

Although conceding that Boston College had a weak team, coach Peter Felske was pleased with the victory. "We played well today," he said. "Everyone was up for this match and the good weather provided us with an excellent chance for adjusting to outdoor play," he added.

Freshman Betsy Richmond easily captured the first singles competition, blasting Kathy Lynch, 6-1, 6-0. Playing at number three, sophomore Meg Meyer shut out Coleen Ryan 6-0, 6-0, with her steady baseline game.

Not all the Crimson racquetwomen breezed to victory. Second singles Martha Roberts struggled through the second set with Betty Quigley, committing a number of unforced errors. "I just lost my concentration," Roberts said. She pulled herself together, served a few aces, and won, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Abby Meiselman, playing at number four, continued the onslaught by downing Julie Hanavan in identical sets, 6-3, 6-3, and fellow yardling Kristen Mertz took the fifth singles match by a wide 6-1, 6-0 margin. Wrapping it up, Leslie Miller, playing number six, defeated her opponent, 6-1, 6-0.

In the doubles competition, Richmond and Martha Roberts grabbed the first doubles victory in convincing fashion, 6-0, 6-2. Sophomore Libby Pierpont and senior Sally Roberts dazzled their adversaries with sparkling voileys, coasting to a 6-2, 6-2 victory.

Boston College prevented a shutout when Julie Hanavan and Michelle DiCarlo surged ahead of Harvard's faltering Deirdre Wilde and Meg Meyer in an agonizing, third-set tiebreaker to take the third doubles, 6-1, 7-6, 7-6 (5-4).