Blauth

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- The Bates College women's tennis team lost 9-0 at No. 13 nationally ranked Middlebury on Sunday, with Bobcat first-year Erika Blauth (Camden, Maine) standing out by winning one set at No. 4 singles over Alyssa Puccinelli.

Junior Alex Piacquad (Yardley, Pa.) also played a tough match at No. 2 singles, falling 6-4, 6-3 to Chandra Kurien.

Bates (2-3) will next play at Brandeis University on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Middlebury 9, Bates 0

Singles:

1. Tori Aiello (M) defeats Caryn Benisch, 6-1, 6-3

2. Chandra Kurien (M) defeats Alex Piacquad, 6-4, 6-3

3. Clare Burke (M) defeats Meg Anderson, 6-4, 6-1

4. Alyssa Puccinelli (M) defeats Erika Blauth, 6-3, 3

-6, 7-5

5. Whitney Hanson (M) defeats Jean Gulliver, 8-3

6. Hilary Cunningham (M) defeats Elizabeth Stege, 8-0

Doubles:

1. Burke/Burke (M) defeat Benisch/Piacquad, 8-1

2. Kurien/Elizabeth Stone (M) defeat Morse-Karzen/Blauth, 8-0

3. Aiello/Alex Guynn (M) defeat Gulliver/Anderson, 8-2