WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Bates College women's tennis visited Wellesley College for a non-conference showdown Saturday as the Bobcats dropped a 6-3 decision to the host-Blue.

The tandem of Julia Anderson and Isabella Saul secured a point for the garnet and white in doubles play with an 8-6 defeat of Emilee Pak and Suzanne Xu at the No. 2 position.

Ally Friedman and Iris Westmoreland lost a tight match at No. 1, falling to the Blues' duo of Melinda Alviar and  Annissa Mu, 8-6. Lizzie Frekko and Ava Lyon ended up on the wrong end of a 6-4 decision vs. Wellesley's Lily Cade and Kriti Sarav in the No. 3 slot.

Friedman earned some redemption at No. 1 singles as the Bobcats' senior captain outlasted Mu by scores of 6-2, 6-7, 6-1. Frekko also bounced back in her singles match, defeating Veda Madhusudan at No. 5 in comeback fashion 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Other singles results include:

No. 2: Xu (W) def.  Anderson (B): 6-7, 7-5, 6-2
No. 3: Alviar (W) def. Westmoreland (B): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
No. 4 Pak (W) def. Saul (B): 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 Sarav (W) def. Lyon (B): 6-3, 6-4

"I'm so proud of the team's fight back today," said Bates head coach Paul Gastonguay '89.  "We battled to the end, it just did not go our way. It is so tough to lose these tight, hard-fought matches, but our athletes gave it everything they had, and fought to the end. We were definitely in a position to win if a few shots go differently."

Bates (2-5) takes the court again this Thursday with a visit to #33 Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Start time is slated for 3pm.