The Bobcats are the No. 8 seed in the B Division and are ranked No. 16 in the nation. Bates is now 12-5 overall this season. The Bobcats are competing in the Kurtz Cup for the first time since the 2016-17 season. Dartmouth is ranked No. 9 in the nation and improves to 7-6 this year.

The Big Green earned 3-0 wins at Nos. 2,3,5, and at the No. 7 through No. 9 positions. Dartmouth won at No. 1 by default. At No. 4, junior Maeve O'Brien (Essex, Conn.) topped Claire Aube in the first game 11-9, but dropped the next three 11-8, 11-1, 11-4. Sophomore Natasha Jones (Roslindale, Mass.) took on Emma Mactaggart at No. 6. Mactaggart won the first two games 11-3 and 11-1. Jones battled back for an 11-9 win in game three, but fell 11-6 in game four.

The Bobcats will be back in action when they take on Williams College, the No. 5 seed, in the consolation semifinals tomorrow, Feb. 22 at 12:30 p.m.

Dartmouth 9, Bates 0
Kurtz Cup Quarterfinals
Feb. 21, 2020 at New Haven, Conn.

1. Anne Blasberg (D) def. Luca Polgar (B) DF
2. Emma Supattapone (D) def. Erika Parker (B) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7
3. Jesse Brownell (D) def. Katie Manternach (B) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3
4. Claire Aube (D) def. Maeve O'Brien (B)  9-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-4
5. Ellie Gozigian (D) def. Ella Lungstrum (B) 11-4, 11-2, 11-8
6. Emma Mactaggart (D) def. Natasha Jones (B) 11-3, 11-1, 9-11, 11-6
7. Sandra Reiss (D) def. Victoria Haghighi (B) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
8. Julia Potter (D) def. Cordelia Dotson (B) 11-2, 11-6, 11-4
9. Caroline Mollenkopf (D) def. Natalie Bachman (B) 11-1, 11-3, 11-7