LEWISTON, Maine -- The No. 9 nationally ranked Middlebury College women's tennis team encountered a few obstacles on the way but came out on top of host Bates on Sunday at Merrill Indoor Gymnasium by a 9-0 score.

Bates dropped to 4-6 while the Panthers raised their mark to 10-3.

Bates plays at The College of New Jersey on Wednesday.

Women's Tennis

April 15, 2007

at Lewiston, Maine

Middlebury 9, Bates 0

Doubles
1. Caryn Benisch/Laura Harris lost to Amy Roche/Clair Smyser, 8-3

2. Alexandra Piacquad/Mallika Raghavan lost to Emily Holick/Clare Burke, 8-3

3. Julie Brown/Laura Will lost to Chandra Kurien/Jamie Haar, 8-4

Singles

1. Benisch lost to Smyser, 2-6, 6-0, 6-1

2. Piacquad lost to Elizabeth Emery, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)

3. Harris lost to Elizabeth Stone, 6-2, 6-0

4. Raghavan lost to Holick, 6-3, 6-2

5. Brown lost to Burke, 6-0, 6-0

6. Will lost to Kurien, 6-2 6-0