Mallika Raghavan '08

Julie Brown '09

LEWISTON, Maine -- Colby swept the doubles matches en route to a 7-2 women's tennis victory over host Bates College Tuesday at the Wallach Tennis Center.

The White Mules finish their season at 3-11, and the Bobcats finish 4-10.

Winning at singles for Bates were junior Mallika Raghavan (Chappaqua, N.Y.) at No. 4 and sophomore Julie Brown (Lynnfield, Mass.) at No. 5.

Colby 7, Bates 2

Doubles

1. Caryn Benisch/Laura Harris (B) lost to Allison Dunn/Tracy Nale, 9-7

2. Alexandra Piacquad/Mallika Raghavan (B) lost to Nicole Veilleux/Ginny Raho, 8-6

3. Julie Brown/Laura Will (B) lost to Tara Davidson/Ashley Blum, 8-1

Singles

1. Benisch lost to Dunn, 6-1, 6-1

2. Piacquad lost to Nale, 6-4, 6-2

3. Harris lost to Raho 6-4, 6-3

4. Raghavan def. Veilleux, 6-3, 6-3

5. Brown def. Julie Achenbaum, 7-5, 6-1

6. Will lost to Davidson, 6-4, 6-0