HARTFORD, Conn. -- Bates College women's tennis, playing its second-to-last match of a spring season-opening stretch of 12 road contests, journeyed to Trinity College Saturday where the Bantams beat the Bobcats, 6-3.
Despite the final score, the garnet and white did record a few highlights. Bates' top doubles duo,
Ally Friedman and
Iris Westmoreland (Fy.), landed a victory in the #1 position with an 8-5 defeat of Trinity's Ella Baker and Josephine Kimball.
Friedman also tasted triumph in #1 singles as the senior swept Kimball by the score of 6-3, 6-1.
Lizzie Frekko (Jr.) accounted for the Bobcats' third point with a 6-2, 6-2 win vs. Hellena Trojer at the #5 spot.
Other results include:
DOUBLES
No. 2: Francis/Shyltsyna (Trinity) def. Saul/Anderson (Bates): 8-5
No. 3: Brennan/White (Trinity) def. Frekko/Gidlow (Bates): 8-4
SINGLES
No. 2: Shyltsyna (Trinity) def: Anderson (Bates): 6-2, 6-3
No. 3: Baker (Trinity) def. Westmoreland (Bates): 7-5, 6-4
No. 4: Brennan (Trinity) def. Saul (Bates): 6-3, 6-3
No. 6: Bolig (Trinity) def. Lyon (Bates): 6-2, 6-4
The Bantams move to 4-5 (1-2 NESCAC) with the "W" while the Bobcats fall to 3-8 (1-4 NESCAC).
Bates closes out the weekend with a Sunday visit to #5 Wesleyan in Middletown, Conn. Start time will be 10:30 a.m.
