LEWISTON, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's tennis team cruised to a 7-2 victory over Bates in their first match since returning from spring break on Thursday evening. The 12th-ranked Polar Bears improve to 4-4 this season with the victory.

Bowdoin swept the top two doubles matches and the top five singles pairings to clinch the victory. Sarah D'Elia remained unbeaten this spring with a 6-3, 6-1 victory at #1 singles. Emily Lombardi, Rachel Waldman, Liz Pedowitz and Charlotte Hitch also claimed straight-set wins in singles play.

In doubles play, D'Elia teamed with Lombardi to win at #1 doubles with Hitch and Waldman taking a win at #2.

Bowdoin 7, Bates 2
Doubles:
1) Sarah D'Elia/Emily Lombardi (Bow) def. Caryn Benisch/Alex Piacquad 8-3
2) Charlotte Hitch/Rachel Waldman (Bow) def. Brooke Morse-Karzen/Erika Blauth 8-4
3) Jean Gulliver/Meg Anderson (Bat) def Hannah Hoerner/Elizabeth Pedowitz 8-6

Singles:
1) D'Elia (Bow) def Benisch 6-3,6-1
2) Lombardi (Bow) def Piacquad 6-2,6-2
3) Waldman (Bow) def Anderson 7-5,6-4
4) Pedowitz (Bow) def Morse-Karzen 6-1,6-2
5) Hitch def. (Bow) Blauth 6-1,6-3
6) Gulliver (Bat) def. Hoerner 4-6,7-5,10-8