With the 6-3 win over Hamilton, Bates moves on to play fifth seeded and No. 17 ranked Bowdoin Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

In the quarterfinals against Williams, Bates fell 8-1 despite giving the Ephs all they could handle in quite a few matches. 

First-year Kristyna Alexova (Boskovice, Czech Republic) picked up a victory at the No. 1 spot for the Bobcats, defeating the Ephs' Nicole Friedman 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-9).

Meanwhile Bates lost three five-set heartbreakers. Co-Captains Lauren Williams '16 (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) and Charlotte Cabot '17 (Dover, Mass.) took their opponents to the wire at the No. 5 and 6 positions respectively. 

Williams rallied from two sets down by winning the third set 11-1 and the fourth set 11-6, forcing a deciding fifth set. But Esther Baek defeated Williams 11-4 in the final set to win 3-2. 

Meanwhile Cabot also rallied from two sets down, winning 11-4 and 11-9 in the third and fourth sets. But Ellen Coombe held her off in the deciding set by a score of 11-9.

At the No. 9 position, Blair Weintraub '18 (New York, N.Y.) went back-and-forth with her opponent, dropping the first set, winning the second set, dropping the third set, then winning an exciting fourth set 12-10. In the fifth set, the Ephs' Caroline Hogan prevailed by a score of 11-8.

In addition to the three five-set losses, Bates had three four-set losses. Co-Captain Emma Dunn '17 (Bellevue, Wash.) took Ananya Mahalingam-Dhingra to four sets at the No. 4 position before falling 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9. First-years Katie Bull (Sudbury, Mass.) and Molly Brooks (Charlottesville, Va.) also fell in four sets at the No. 3 and 7 positions.

The Hamilton match didn't start until around 10:00 at night but the Bobcats were ready. Alexova was strong again at the top, sweeping Hamilton's Rachel Newman 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 12-10). This time fellow first-year Vicky Arjoon (Georgetown, Guyana) joined her in the win column with a 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-3) win over Lindsay Arader at the No. 2 position.

All three captains also picked up victories at the No. 4-6 positions.

Dunn swept Lillie Simourian 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-5) at the No. 4 position, Williams swept Grace Munschauer 3-0 (11-7, 12-10, 11-7) at No. 5 and Cabot swept Megan Grip at the No. 6 position 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-6). 

Meanwhile Weintraub won in four sets at No. 9, a 3-1 (11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7) victory over Marina Hartnick.

Five of the six wins for Bates over Hamilton were sweeps. 

Williams 8, Bates 1
Feb. 6, 2016 at Hartford, Conn.

1. Kristyna Alexova (B) def. Nicole Friedman (W) 11-4, 11-6, 11-9 
2. Hayley Parsons (W) def. Vicky Arjoon (B) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 
3. Nicole Feshbach (W) def. Katie Bull (B) 11-5, 11-3, 8-11, 11-0
4. Ananya Mahalingam-Dhingra (W) def. Emma Dunn (B) 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9
5. Esther Baek (W) def. Lauren Williams (B) 13-11, 11-8, 1-11, 6-11, 11-4
6. Ellen Coombe (W) def. Charlotte Cabot (B) 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 9-11, 11-9
7. Charlotte Walsh (W) def. Molly Brooks (B) 11-1, 13-15, 11-0, 11-4
8. Lily Grant (W) def. Hannah Conner (B) 11-2, 11-4, 11-1
9. Caroline Hogan (W) def. Blair Weintraub (B) 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-8

Bates 6, Hamilton 3
Feb. 6, 2016 at Hartford, Conn.

1. Kristyna Alexova (B) def. Rachel Newman (H) 11-9, 12-10, 12-10
2. Vicky Arjoon (B) def. Lindsay Arader (H) 11-7, 11-5, 11-3
3. Rafiatou Ouro-Aguy (H) def. Katie Bull (B)  9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 4-11, 11-7
4. Emma Dunn (B) def. Lillie Simourian (H) 12-10, 11-4, 11-5
5. Lauren Williams (B) def. Grace Munschauer (H) 11-7, 12-10, 11-7
6. Charlotte Cabot (B) def. Megan Grip (H) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6
7. Charlotte Zonis (H) def. Molly Brooks (B) 11-3, 11-5, 11-2
8. Katherine Bauer (H) def. Hannah Conner (B) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
9. Blair Weintraub (B) def. Marina Hartnick (H) 11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7