CLINTON, N.Y. -- The No. 17 nationally ranked Bates women's squash team got a pair of wins in the top three spots in the lineup but fell 7-2 to No. 18 Bowdoin in the fifth-place match Sunday at the NESCAC Championships.

With the loss, the Bobcats (6-9) place sixth at NESCACs out of 11 teams. Bowdoin (11-7) finishes fifth in the conference. 

Sophomore Andrea Martagon (Puebla, Mexico) rallied from down a game to defeat Bowdoin's Amanda Cowhey 3-1 (8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4) at the No. 1 position. First-year Grace Flaherty (Malvern, Pa.) also rallied from down a game, winning 3-1 (3-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-7) over Caroline Glaser at the No. 3 position. 

But the Polar Bears won at the No. 4 through 9 positions and at No. 2 to clinch the win over Bates.

The Bobcats return to action Feb. 25-27 at the CSA Team Championships.

No. 18 Bowdoin 7, No. 17 Bates 2
Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022 at Clinton, N.Y.

1. Andrea Martagon (BAT) def. Amanda Cowhey (BOW) 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4
2. Emma Watts-Roy (BOW) def. Erika Parker (BAT) 8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 15-13
3. Grace Flaherty (BAT) def. Caroline Glaser (BOW) 3-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-7
4. Clio Bersani (BOW) def. Ella Lungstrum (BOW) 3-11, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10
5. Skyler Spaulding (BOW) def. Natasha Jones (BAT) 11-8, 11-8, 11-6
6. Ursula Sze (BOW) def. Cordelia Dotson (BAT) 11-5, 11-6, 11-7
7. Marguerite Crowder (BOW) def. Natalie Bachman (BAT) 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6
8. Melissa Horan (BOW) def. Zaya Rothenberg (BAT) 11-8, 11-2, 11-6
9. Sophie Barber (BOW) def. Lucy Moseley (BAT) 11-5, 11-4, 6-11, 5-11, 11-5