LEWISTON, Maine -- The 2022-23 women's squash regular season officially came to a close Sunday as #28 Bates College welcomed #11 Tufts to the Squash Center, ultimately dropping a 9-0 decision to the Jumbos.

Prior to competition, the Bobcats celebrated the collegiate contributions of their senior class ... Cordelia Dotson, Caroline Grady, Victoria Haghighi, Erika Parker, and Abigail Zerbey.

The match of the day came at No. 2 as Bates' Aasya Patel (Madhya Pradesh, India) went five games vs. Tufts' Riddhi Joshi. Patel secured the first game by an 11-2 score before dropping the next two with results of 11-5 and 11-3. Trailing 2-1, the Bobcat first-year evened the match with a clutch 11-8 win in game four before suffering an 11-9 defeat in game five in the eventual 3-2 setback.

Tufts, 10-3 on the year after Sunday's victory, has now won seven outings in a row. The Jumbos close out their regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at #2 Harvard.

Bates (3-13) now prepares for the NESCAC Championships, hosted at Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.) on Feb. 11-12.

No.11 Tufts 9, No. 28 Bates 0
Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023 at Lewiston, Maine

1. Vharshamithraa Dinesh (Tufts) def. Andy Martagon (Bates) 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7
2. Riddhi Joshi (Tufts) def. Aasya Patel (Bates) 2-11, 11-5, 11-3, 8-11, 11-9
3. Caroline Chin (Tufts) def. Erika Parker (Bates) 11-7, 11-4, 11-7
4. Nieve Monderer (Tufts) def. Grace Flaherty (Bates) 11-4, 3-11, 11-0, 11-8
5. Aleezah Burhan (Tufts) def. Cordelia Dotson (Bates) 11-4, 11-5, 11-8
6.Sanjana Vissapragada (Tufts) def. Victoria Haghighi (Bates) 11-0, 11-5, 11-6
7. Ami Sao (Tufts) def. Daina Velez (Bates) 11-3, 11-3, 11-2
8. Ellyn Xu (Tufts) def. Abigail Zerbey (Bates) 11-5, 11-5, 11-1
9. Kate Chang (Tufts) def. Caroline Taggart (Bates) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3

Tufts (10-3), Bates (3-13)