MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Competing at NESCAC foe Middlebury College on Sunday, the Bates College women's tennis team fell by an 8-1 score.

The Bobcats, playing without two of their top players who are injured in senior Cecilia Grissa and sophomore Alexandra Piacquad, fell to 1-4 on the year. Senior captain Mallika Raghavan (Chappaqua, N.Y.) put up a fight in the best match of the day, a 6-2, 7-5 loss to Chandra Kurien at No. 2 singles.

Bates will play host to Brandeis University on Saturday, March 15 at 12 p.m.

Women's Tennis Result

Feb. 9, 2008 at Middlebury, Vt.

Middlebury 9, Bates 0

Doubles

1. Raghavan/Fleming lost to Smyser/Emery 8-0

2. Benisch/Gulliver (B) lost to Haar/Stone 8-0

3. Gottlieb/Smith lost to Burke/Kurien 8-1

Singles

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

2. Raghavan lost to Chandra Kurien 6-2, 7-5

3. Fleming lost to Haar 6-1, 6-2

4. Gulliver lost to Burke 6-1, 6-0

5. Gottlieb lost to Stone 6-0, 6-0

6. Smith lost to Hanson 6-0, 6-0