Alexandra Hakusui '15 helped the Bobcats pick up a game at third doubles. (Photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

LEWISTON, Maine – No. 4 nationally-ranked Amherst College women's tennis topped Bates College, 9-0, on Saturday afternoon at the Wallach Tennis Center.

The Bobcats (7-4, 2-1 NESCAC) fell to the Lord Jeffs (10-3, 2-0 NESCAC) after the visitors lost earlier in the day to Emory, 8-1, in a match hosted at Bowdoin College.

Senior Kristen Doerer (Madison, Conn.) stayed on court the longest for the Bobcats before eventually dropping a 6-3, 6-1 decision to Amherst sophomore Sarah Monteagudo (Miami, Fla.)

First-year Elizabeth Erbafina (Sudbury, Mass.) won three games in a 6-3, 6-0 loss at third singles while the duo of senior Lucy Brennan (Freeport, Maine) and junior Alexandra Hakusui (Boxford, Mass.) won a game in an 8-1 loss at third doubles.

Next, Bates hosts Bowdoin on Wednesday at 7 p.m. while Amherst hosts Tufts on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

No. 4 Amherst College 9, Bates College 0

April 12, 2014 at Lewiston, Maine (Wallach Tennis Center)

Doubles:

No. 1 – Jordan Brewer/Gabby Devlin (AMH) defeat Elena Mandzhukova/Elizabeth Erbafina (BAT), 8-0

No. 2 – Zoe Pangalos/Jen Newman (AMH) defeat Kristen Doerer/Kate Rosenthal (BAT), 8-0

No. 3 – Safi Aly/Sarah Monteagudo (AMH) defeat Lucy Brennan/Alexandra Hakusui (BAT), 8-1

Singles:

No. 1 – Gabby Devlin (AMH) defeats Elena Mandzhukova (BAT), 6-1, 6-1

No. 2 – Jen Newman (AMH) defeats Lucy Brennan (BAT), 6-1, 6-0

No. 3 – Sue Ghosh (AMH) defeats Elizabeth Erbafina (BAT), 6-3, 6-0

No. 4 – Sarah Monteagudo (AMH) defeats Kristen Doerer (BAT), 6-3, 6-1

No. 5 – Megan Adamo (AMH) defeats Kate Rosenthal (BAT), 6-0, 6-1

No. 6 – Claire Carpenter (AMH) defeats Olivia Voccola (BAT), 6-0, 6-0