Bates concludes its California trip at Whittier on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET. (File photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

ORANGE, Calif. – Bates College women's tennis fell to Chapman University, 9-0, on Wednesday evening at the Chapman Tennis Courts in the second match of the team's three-match California trip.

The Panthers (3-1) won five of the six singles matches in straight sets after sweeping the Bobcats (1-1) in doubles play.

In doubles, senior Kristen Doerer (Madison, Conn.) and first-year Kate Rosenthal (Pittsburgh, Pa.) played the closest match for the visitors before dropping an 8-6 decision on court No. 2 to Sophia Duong and Madeline Saunders.

First-year Elizabeth Erbafina (Sudbury, Mass.) nearly earned a point for the Bobcats in third singles with an eventual, 3-6, 6-2, 10-7, loss to Duong. Doerer almost won her second set on court No. 4, falling to Saunders, 6-1, 7-6.

Next, Bates concludes its California swing at Whittier College on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET.

Chapman 9, Bates 0

Feb. 19, 2014 at Orange, Calif. (Chapman Tennis Courts)

Doubles:

No. 1 – Andrea Hammer/Rachel Fox (CU) defeat Elena Mandzhukova/Elizabeth Erbafina (BAT), 8-1

No. 2 – Sophia Duong/Madeline Saunders (CU) defeat Kristen Doerer/Kate Rosenthal (BAT), 8-6

No. 3 – Kelley Klebenow/Madison Mathis (CU) defeat Lucy Brennan/Emma Blakeley (BAT), 8-5

Singles:

No. 1 – Andrea Hammer (CU) defeats Elena Mandzhukova (BAT), 6-1, 6-0

No. 2 – Rachel Fox (CU) defeats Lucy Brennan (BAT), 6-1, 6-4

No. 3 – Sophia Duong (CU) defeats Elizabeth Erbafina (BAT), 3-6, 6-2, 10-7

No. 4 – Madeline Saunders (CU) defeats Kristen Doerer (BAT), 6-1, 7-6

No. 5 – Kelley Klebenow (CU) defeats Kate Rosenthal (BAT), 6-3, 6-3

No. 6 – Anna Nelson (CU) defeats Olivia Voccola (BAT), 6-2, 6-4