Junior Blair Weintraub (New York, N.Y.) earned the match-clinching win for Bates at the No. 7 position, defeating Clare Tompkins 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-3). 

Senior co-captain Charlotte Cabot (Dover, Mass.) returned to her home state in style with a 3-1 (5-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8) victory over Kate O'Brien. 

Meanwhile the "dynamic duo" of sophomores Katie Bull (Sudbury, Mass.) and Molly Brooks (Charlottesville, Va.) held down the fort at the No. 8 and 9 positions respectively.

Bull defeated Melissa Epstein 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 11-4) and Brooks matched her with a sweep of Liana Zranchev by a count of 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-4).

Up the ladder, sophomore Vicky Arjoon (Georgetown, Guyana) played a dramatic five-game match against Lauren Johnston at the No. 3 position. Arjoon took the first two games but Johnston rallied to force a deciding fifth game. Arjoon prevailed 11-7 to take the match 3-2 (11-8, 11-6, 4-11, 5-11, 11-7).

Meanwhile, first-year Eliza Dunham (New Haven, Conn.) won her seventh consecutive match, improving her personal record to 9-2 with a 3-1 (11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7) victory over Ellen Verry at the No. 4 position. 

Bates (8-3) looks to pick up another victory Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. when they take on host Amherst. 

No. 16 Bates 6, No. 13 Franklin & Marshall 3
Jan. 21, 2017 at Amherst, Mass.

1. Fiona Murphy (FMCW) def. Luca Polgar (B) 12-10, 2-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9
2. Sherilyn Yang (FMCW) def. Kristyna Alexova (B) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 
3. Vicky Arjoon (B) def. Lauren Johnston (FMCW) 11-8, 11-6, 4-11, 5-11, 11-7
4. Eliza Dunham (B) def. Ellen Verry (FMCW) 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7
5. Katherine Galambos (FMCW) def. Emma Dunn (B) 15-13, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8 
6. Charlotte Cabot (B) def. Kate O'Brien (FMCW) 5-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8
7. Blair Weintraub (B) def. Clare Tompkins (FMCW) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3
8. Katie Bull (B) def. Melissa Epstein (FMCW) 11-8, 13-11, 11-4
9. Molly Brooks (B) def. Liana Zranchev (FMCW) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4