LEWISTON, Maine -- The No. 17 nationally ranked Bates women's squash team defeated No. 19 Tufts University 6-3 Tuesday at the Bates Squash Center, avenging a 6-3 loss the Bobcats suffered last season at their NESCAC rivals.
Senior captain Luca Polgar (Budapest, Hungary), the current NESCAC Player of the Week, set the tone with an 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 victory at the No. 1 position over Claire Davidson, moving to 7-1 on the season.
The Bobcats swept the top four positions, including straight-set victories for first-year Erika Parker (San Salvador, El Salvador) and junior Maeve O'Brien (Essex, Conn.) at 2 and 3, respectively. Junior Katie Manternach (Brooklyn, N.Y.) grinded out a 3-2 victory against Catherine Shanahan at No. 4.
Sophomore Natasha Jones (Roslindale, Mass.) and first-year Cordelia Dotson (Houston, Texas) also won points by 3-0 scores at No. 6 and No. 8, respectively.
First-year Victoria Haghighi (Bronx, N.Y.) fell 3-2 to Ranchel Windreich at No. 7.
Bates will host No. 26 Dickinson Wednesday at 6pm.
Bates 6, Tufts 3
Jan. 14, 2020
1. Luca Polgar (B) def. Claire Davidson (T) 11-5, 11-4, 11-9
2. Erika Parker (B) def. Isabella Schneider (T) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
3. Maeve O'Brien (B) def. Catherine Shanahan (T) 11-3, 11-9, 12-10
4. Katie Manternach (B) def. Meghan Chen (T) 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-5
5. Diya Sanghi (T) def. Ella Lungstrum (B) 11-9, 11-7, 11-7
6. Natasha Jones (B) def. Chloe Kantor (T) 11-7, 11-3, 11-7
7. Rachel Windreich (T) def. Victoria Haghighi (B) 2-11, 14-12, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5
8. Cordelia Dotson (B) def. Natalie Bartlett (T) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8
9. Abhilasha Bhasin (T) def. Natalie Bachman (B) 11-3, 11-7, 11-8
