SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- The Bates College women's tennis team rolled to an 8-1 victory at Mount Holyoke College on Thursday in the team's first match in 12 days.
Winning at singles for Bates were senior Liz Currie (Yarmouth, Maine), first-year Caryn Benisch (Huntington, N.Y.), junior Laura Harris (Mercer Island, Wash.), sophomore Mallika Raghavan (Chappaqua, N.Y.) and senior Karina Bautista (Quito, Ecuador). The Bobcats also took all three doubles matches.
Bates (5-5) plays at Bowdoin College Saturday at 2 p.m.
Doubles:
1. Grissa/Harris (B) def. Horner/Fallon (MH) -- 8-4
2. Currie/Benisch (B) def. Sloane/Ghughunishvili (MH) -- 8-4
3. Fleming/Raghavan (B) def. Gresko/McCarrie (MH) -- 8-2
Singles:
1. Angela Horner (MH) def. Cecilia Grissa (B) -- 6-2, 6-2
2. Liz Currie (B) def. Ashley Fallon (MH) -- 6-2, 6-3
3. Caryn Benisch (B) def. Irina Ghughunishvili (MH) -- 6-3, 6-4
4. Laura Harris (B) def. Janine Gresko (MH) -- 6-0, 6-1
5. Mallika Raghavan (B) def. Caitlin McCarrie (MH) -- 6-1, 6-0
6. Karina Bautista (B) def. Sabrina Youn (MH) -- 6-1, 6-0