The Bobcats (5-9) once again put up strong performances at the top two positions against the Cavaliers. First-years Kristyna Alexova (Boskovice, Czech Republic) and Vicky Arjoon (Georgetown, Guyana) won at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions respectively. Alexova swept her opponent 11-0, 11-8, 11-3 while Arjoon won in four sets 13-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7. 

Junior co-captains Emma Dunn (Bellevue, Wash.) and Charlotte Cabot (Dover, Mass.) recorded victories at the No. 4 and 6 positions. Dunn won 3-1 (10-12, 11-7, 11-2, 11-8) and Cabot swept her opponent 11-7, 11-6, 11-6. 

The only five-set match of the morning contest with the Cavaliers ended up swinging the final score Virginia's way. Senior co-captain Lauren Williams (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) went up 2-0 on Bella Jones at the No. 5 position. But Jones rallied to win the third set 15-13 and the fourth set 14-12. In the deciding fifth set, Jones was able to win 11-4 to take the match 3-2. 

Five of the nine matches went longer than three sets in the very even match-up between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers. 

Against the No. 28 Camels, Cabot got things off on the right foot with an easy 3-0 sweep of Caroline Lippincott (11-4, 11-0, 11-4) at the No. 6 position. Playing at the No. 9 spot, Cata Robert '18 (Greenwich, Conn.) swept Jacqueline Chu 11-7, 11-8, 17-15. 

Katie Bull '19 (Sudbury, Mass.) picked up a four-set win at the No. 3 position while Williams bounced back to sweep Allie Fuller at the No. 5 spot (11-3, 11-4, 11-6) in her final home match of her career. 

Alexova and Arjoon swept their opponents with Arjoon picking up the match-clinching victory. Six of the nine matches resulted in sweeps for the Bobcats against the Camels.

Bates heads to the NESCAC tournament next weekend on the campus of Trinity College. 

Virginia 5, Bates 4
Jan. 30, 2016 at Lewiston, Maine

1. Kristyna Alexova (B) def. Carey Danforth (UVA) 11-0, 11-8, 11-3
2. Vicky Arjoon (B) def. Diane Tyson (UVA) 13-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7
3. Madeleine Mayhew (UVA) def. Katie Bull (B) 11-8, 11-3, 13-11
4. Emma Dunn (B) def. Molly Prockop (UVA) 10-12, 11-7, 11-2, 11-8
5. Bella Jones (UVA) def. Lauren Williams (B) 5-11, 2-11, 15-13, 14-12, 11-4
6. Charlotte Cabot (B) def. Amanda Whelan (UVA) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6
7. Isabel Stack (UVA) def. Hannah Conner (B) 11-4, 11-5, 11-13, 11-2
8. Carolyn Grenier (UVA) def. Natalie Pearson (B) 11-3, 11-1, 11-2
9. Candace Craig (UVA) def. Blair Weintraub (B) 11-8, 11-8, 11-13, 11-4

Bates 9, Conn. College 0 
Jan. 30, 2016 at Lewiston, Maine

1. Kristyna Alexova (B) def. Mawa Ballo (CC) 11-3, 11-0, 11-6
2. Vicky Arjoon (B) def. Olivia Silverman (CC) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3
3. Katie Bull (B) def. Ashley Arthur (CC) 12-10, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6
4. Emma Dunn (B) def. Aaliyah Davidson (CC) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5
5. Lauren Williams (B) def. Allie Fuller (CC) 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 
6. Charlotte Cabot (B) def. Caroline Lippincott (CC) 11-4, 11-0, 11-4
7. Hannah Conner (B) def. Anne Holly (CC) 11-7, 5-11, 13-11, 11-9
8. Natalie Pearson (B) def. Elizabeth Varoli (CC) 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 11-4
9. Cata Robert (B) def. Jacqueline Chu (CC) 11-7, 11-8, 17-15