Mallika Raghavan '08

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- Wesleyan University defeated Bates College 7-2 in the final NESCAC match of the regular season on Monday. The host Cardinals raised their overall record to 11-6 and 4-3 in conference play, while Bates dropped to 4-12 overall, 1-6 NESCAC.

Junior Caryn Benisch (Huntington, N.Y.) and senior Mallika Raghavan (Chappaqua, N.Y.) won at third and fourth singles, respectively, for the Bobcats. A day after scoring an upset of the Northeast Region's No. 2-ranked doubles team, senior Cecilia Grissa (Doylestown, Pa.) and sophomore Alexandra Piacquad (Yardley, Pa.) fell 8-4 at No. 1 doubles to Wesleyan's Madalina Ursu and Anika Fischer.

Wesleyan  7, Bates  2
Singles

#1 - Ania Preneta (W) def. Cecilia Grissa (B), 6-3, 6-3

#2 - Anika Fischer (W) def. Alex Piacquad (B), 4-6, 6-4, (10-2)

#3 - Caryn Benisch (B) def. Rachael Ghorbani (W), 6-1, 6-3

#4 - Mallika Raghavan (B) def. Madalina Ursu (W), 6-3, 6-4

#5 - Linda McDougal (W) def. Liz Fleming (B), 6-1, 7-5

#6 - Alex Sirois (W) def. Jean Gulliver (B), 6-3, 6-3

Doubles

#1 - Ursu/Fischer (W) def. Grissa/Piacquad (B), 8-4

#2 - Sirois/McDougal (W) def. Raghavan/Benisch, 9-8

#3 - Preneta/Lizzie Collector (W) def. Gulliver/Fleming (B), 8-5