MEDFORD, Mass. -- The Bates College women's tennis team fell to red-hot Tufts University on Sunday by a 9-0 score.

The Jumbos (9-2), ranked No. 20 nationally, have won five straight matches by a total score of 42-3.

Bates, now 3-4 overall, hosts Bowdoin on Thursday at 4 p.m.

Tufts 9, Bates 0

At Medford, Mass.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Doubles

1. Jen Luten/Kylyn Deary (T) def. Caryn Benisch/Laura Harris (B) : 8-0

2. Meghan McCooey/Andrea Cenko (T) def. Alexandra Piacquad/Mallika Raghavan (B) : 8-2

3. Mari Homma/Erica Miller (T) def. Julie Brown/Laura Will (B)  : 8-1

Singles

1. Luten (T) def. Benisch (B) : 6-2, 6-0

2. McCooey (T) def. Piacquad (B) : 6-3, 6-4

3. Cenko (T) def. Harris (B) : 7-6 (6), 6-0

4. Silvia Schmid (T) def. Raghavan (B) : 6-0, 6-0

5. Deary (T) def. Brown (B) : 6-1, 6-0

6. Homma (T) def. Scherer (B) : 6-1, 6-3