LEWISTON, Maine -- First-year Grace Flaherty battled her opponent from No. 2 nationally ranked Trinity to four games in a 9-0 loss for No. 15 Bates women's squash Saturday evening at the Bates College Squash Center.

The Bantams (2-0), a perennial national powerhouse, swept eight matches against the Bobcats. But Flaherty (Malvern, Pa.) took the second game from Lujan Palacios by a count of 11-8. Flaherty ended up falling 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5), making Palacios work for every point. 

Junior Victoria Haghighi (Bronx, N.Y.) also made it tough on her opponent, falling 3-0 but losing by just the minimum two points in two of three games: 11-9, 11-6, 14-12.

Bates (2-4) gets some time off after a very tough early season slate. The Bobcats return to action January 8 at Williams with a match set for 5pm. 

No. 2 Trinity 9, No. 15 Bates 0
Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 at Lewiston, Maine

1. Malak Ashraf Kamal (T) def. Andrea Martagon (B) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7
2. Jana Safy (T) def. Erika Parker (B) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7
3. Madeleine Hylland (T) def. Katie Manternach (B) 11-6, 11-3, 11-4
4. Lujan Palacios (T) def. Grace Flaherty (B) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5
5. Nadiia Usenko (T) def. Natasha Jones (B) 11-4, 11-0, 11-5
6. Habiba Dawood (T) def. Ella Lungstrum (B) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3
7. Zeinab Bakayoko (T) def. Victoria Haghighi (B) 11-9, 11-6, 14-12
8. Janna Ashmawy (T) def. Cordelia Dotson (B) 11-1, 11-9, 11-6
9. Joyce Lynh Chan (T) def. Natalie Bachman (B) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8