Bates returns to action on Friday, Jan. 10 at 6pm when the Bobcats welcome Mount Holyoke to the Bates Squash Center. 

No. 18 Bates 6, No. 21 Wesleyan 3

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- The Bobcats swept five matches on their way to a 6-3 win at No. 21 Wesleyan (3-3) Saturday morning. 

Senior captain Luca Polgar (Budapest, Hungary) set the tone at the top of the ladder, winning 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-8) over Wesleyan's Aditi Prasad at the No. 1 position. First-year Ella Lungstrum (Brooklyn, N.Y.) impressed with a 3-0 (15-13, 11-6, 11-5) win at the No. 3 position over Valeria Osorio.

First-year Erika Parker (San Salvador, El Salvador) won her third match of the young season with a 3-0 (11-1, 11-4, 11-2) victory over Natasha Feenstra at the No. 5 position and fellow first-year Cordelia Dotson (Houston, Texas) did the same at the No. 7 position by a count of 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9) over Sofia Melian-Morse.

Sophomore Natalie Bachman (New Canaan, Conn.) and first-year Lucy Moseley (Philadelphia, Pa.) rounded out the wins for Bates on Saturday with victories at the No. 8 and 9 positions respectively. Bachman rallied from one game down to prevail 3-1 (3-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8) over Annie Roach. And Moseley swept Emma Smith 3-0 (13-11, 11-5, 11-7).

No. 2 Trinity 9, No. 18 Bates 0

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The No. 2 nationally ranked Bantams (5-0) swept the Bobcats 9-0 Saturday afternoon.

Trinity has swept every opponent so far this season. Polgar gave Sarahi Lopez a strong effort at the No. 1 position before falling 3-0 (11–6, 11-8, 11-6). Parker kept the final two games close in a 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-8) loss to Ashita Bhengra at the No. 5 position. 

No. 18 Bates 6, No. 21 Wesleyan 3
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 at Middletown, Conn.

1. Luca Polgar (B) def. Aditi Prasad (W) 11-3, 11-5, 11-8
2. Ananya Vir (W) def. Katie Manternach (B) 11-5, 11-4, 4-11, 11-4
3. Ella Lungstrum (B) def. Valeria Osorio (W) 15-13, 11-6, 11-5
4. Josephine Russ (W) def. Natasha Jones (B) 11-2, 8-11, 11-7, 15-13
5. Erika Parker (B) def. Natasha Feenstra (W) 11-1, 11-4, 11-2
6. Nina Premutico (W) def. Victoria Haghighi (B) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8
7. Cordelia Dotson (B) def. Sofia Melian-Morse (W) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 
8. Natalie Bachman (B) def. Annie Roach (W) 3-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8 
9. Lucy Moseley (B) def. def. Emma Smith (W) 13-11, 11-5, 11-7

No. 2 Trinity 9, No. 18 Bates 0
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 at Hartford, Conn.

1. Sarahi Lopez (T) def. Luca Polgar (B) 11–6, 11-8, 11-6
2. Min Jie Teh (T) def. Katie Manternach (B) 11-1, 11-3, 11-1
3. Akanksha Salunkhe (T) def. Ella Lungstrum (B) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5
4. Nadiia Usenko (T) def. Natasha Jones (B) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
5. Ashita Bhengra (T) def. Erika Parker (B) 11-4, 11-9, 11-8
6. Nanna Carleke (T) def. Victoria Haghighi (B) 11-2, 11-2, 11-1
7. Amina Taher (T) def. Cordelia Dotson (B) 11-5, 11-5, 11-1
8. Lily Taylor-French (T) def. Natalie Bachman (B) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3
9. Zeinab Bakayoko (T) def. Lucy Moseley (B) 11-8, 11-2, 11-4