SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- The No. 11 nationally ranked Bates women's squash team made it a 2-2 weekend on Sunday with an 8-1 win at No. 21 Mount Holyoke. On Saturday in Amherst, Mass., the Bobcats (7-3) fell 8-1 to George Washington University but rebounded with a 7-2 win over host Amherst.
The loss to GW seemed to take a toll on the Bobcats, as the team's No. 1 player, junior Nessrine Ariffin (Penang, Malaysia), lost a 2-0 lead and fell in an epic five-set decision to the Colonials' Anna Porras, 10-12, 9-11, 17-15, 17-15, 11-6. Ariffin did not return to action against either Amherst or Mount Holyoke.
Bates' lone point-winner against GW, senior Ashley Brooks (Roslindale, Mass.), defeated Eunice Tan in five sets at the No. 9 position, in her first personal match of the season. Brooks went on to a 3-0 weekend, with wins over Amherst's Corri Johnson at No. 8 and over Mount Holyoke's Catherine Ryan, also at No. 8.
Five Bates players picked up individual wins over both Amherst and Mount Holyoke: junior Lesea Bourke (Greenwich, Conn.), junior Chloe Mitchell (Chatham, N.J.), senior captain Rakey Drammeh (New York, N.Y.), sophomore Lauren Williams (Buluwayo, Zimbabwe) and first-year Emma Dunn (Bellevue, Wash.).
Bates travels to the Yale Round Robin next weekend in New Haven, Conn., to take on Stanford (Saturday 1pm), Dartmouth (Saturday 4pm) and Franklin & Marshall (Sunday 9am).
Bates 8, Mount Holyoke 1
Jan. 19, 2014 at South Hadley, Mass.
1. Randima Ranaweera (MHC) def. Myriam Kelly (BAT) 6-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7
2. Samantha Matos (BAT) def. Katrina Intal (MHC) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5
3. Lesea Bourke (BAT) def. Samantha Rosado (MHC) 11-3, 11-1, 11-1
4. Chloe Mitchell (BAT) def. Elyse Taylor (MHC) 11-6, 11-5, 7-11, 11-1
5. Rakey Drammeh (BAT) def. Allison Shilling (MHC) 11-3, 11-5, 11-2
6. Lauren Williams (BAT) def. Xianger Fei (MHC) 11-7, 11-5, 11-2
7. Charlotte Cabot (BAT) def. Sanjna Merchant (MHC) 11-1, 11-1, 11-2
8. Ashley Brooks (BAT) def. Catherine Ryan (MHC) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1
9. Emma Dunn (BAT) def. Amy Sanchez (MHC) 11-6, 11-5, 11-0
George Washington 8, Bates 1
Jan. 18, 2014 at Amherst, Mass.
1. Ariffin,Nessrine (B) def. by Porras,Anna  (GW) 10-12,9-11,17-15,17-15,11-6
2. Kelly,Myriam (B) def. by Flynn,Breanne (GW) 11-5,11-4,12-10
3. Matos,Samantha (B) def. by Porras,Maria Alejandra (GW) 12-10,14-12,11-6
4. Bourke,Lesea (B) def. by Levyn,Emely J. (GW) 11-8,11-6,11-7
5. Mitchell,Chloe (B) def. by Shea,Jacqueline  (GW) 11-4,11-6,11-6
6. Drammeh,Rakey (B) def. by Barnes,Kelly  (GW) 12-10,11-8,11-7
 7. Williams,Lauren  (B) def. by Tzarnas,Alexa  (GW) 11-6,8-11,11-4,11-6
8. Cabot,Charlotte (B) def. by Chawla,Mehak (GW) 8-11,11-2,11-8,11-8
9. Brooks,Ashley (B) def. Tan,Eunice (GW) 4-11,11-5,15-13,5-11,11-9
Bates 7, Amherst 2
Jan. 18, 2014 at Amherst, Mass.
1. Myriam Kelly (B) def. Ericka Robertson (A), 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6)
2. Arielle Lehman (A) def. Samantha Matos (B), 3-1 (11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4)
3. Lesea Bourke (B) def. Meyha Sud (A), 3-0 (14-12, 11-9, 11-4)
4. Chloe Mitchell (B) def. Tiana Palmer-Poroner (A), 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-6)
5. Rakey Drammeh (B) def. Evelyn Kramer (A), 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-9)
6. Lauren Williams (B) def. Khushy Aggarwal (A), 3-1 (11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-2)
7. Taryn Clary (A) def. Charlotte Cabot (B), 3-2 (7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-13, 11-6)
8. Ashley Brooks (B) def. Corri Johnson (A), 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-4)
9. Emma Dunn (B) def. Lena Rice (A), 3-1 (8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-9)
