LEWISTON, Maine - The Bates women's squash team followed up last night's win over Bowdoin College with a convincing 7-2 victory over visiting Wellesley College Saturday night at the Bates Squash Center. The win puts the Bobcats over the .500 mark on the season at 9-7, while Wellesley fell to 9-8 with the loss.

The Bobcats won the first six positions, led again by Senior Nessrine Ariffin (Penang, Malaysia), who defeated Wellesley's Sarah Zhang 3-0 in straight games. In the second position, Myriam Kelly (Bronx, N.Y.) stormed out to a 2-0 lead, and recovered from a close 12-10 loss in the third game to win the second spot 3-1. 

Bates scored points in the next four positions, as Lesea Bourke (Greenwich, Conn.), Emma Dunn (Bellevue, Wash.), Charlotte Cabot (Dover, Mass), and Lauren Williams (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe), each won 3-0 in straight games. 

Wellesley's two points came courtesy of Ruby Feng and Kate Loftus. Bates will next to travel to Colby on Wednesday, February 4th for a 5:00 pm match. 

1. Nessrine Ariffin (Bates) def. Sarah Zhang (Wellesley) 11-1,11-7,11-7
2. Myriam Kelly (Bates) def. Phyllis Lin (Wellesley) 11-3, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5
3. Lesea Bourke (Bates) def. Meera Nayar (Wellesley) 12-10, 11-6, 11-3
4. Emma Dunn (Bates) def. Rhea Advani (Wellesley) 11-1, 11-5, 11-2
5. Charlotte Cabot (Bates) def. Gabriella Wynne (Wellesley) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3
6. Lauren Williams (Bates) def. Navisha Gupta (Wellesley) 11-1, 11-1, 11-4
7. Ruby Feng (Wellesley) def. Emma Korein (Bates) 11-8, 8-11, 13-11, 11-5
8. Kate Loftus (Wellesley) def. Sarah Miller (Bates) 9-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-7
9. Blair Weintraub (Bates) def. Mollee Jain (Wellesley) 11-1, 11-2, 11-2
10. Sarah Tammaro (Wellesley) def. Sugeiry Betances 11-7, 4-11, 11-9, 12-10