WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The top-ranked Williams College women's tennis team dealt Bowdoin their worst loss of the season on Sunday, beating the Polar Bears 9-0. Bowdoin (7-6, 4-2 NESCAC) is ranked 18th in the latest national poll and will return to action next weekend with a pair of home matches against MIT and Tufts.

Bowdoin's Sarah D'Elia suffered her first loss of the season in a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Williams' Grace Baljon. Liz Pedowitz and Sarah Lombardi battled well at number five and two singles, respectively, both dropping tough three-set decisions.

Williams 9, Bowdoin 0
Doubles:
1) Cary Gibson/Nikki Reich (W) def. Sarah D'Elia/Emily Lombardi (B) --- 9-7
2) Grace Baljon/Taylor French (W) def. Rachel Waldman/Charlotte Hitch (B) --- 8-2
3) Annie Hancock/Kristin Alotta (W) def. Hannah Hoerner/Liz Pedowitz (B) --- 8-3

Singles:
1) Baljon (W) def. D'Elia (B) --- 6-4, 6-3
2) Reich (W) def. Lombardi (B) --- 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
3) Alotta (W) def. Hitch (B) --- 6-1, 6-0
4) Lucy Marchese (W) def. Wadlman (B) --- 7-6(2), 6-4
5) Ashley Parsons (W) def. Pedowitz (B) --- 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
6) Annie Hancock (W) def. Stephanie Langer (B) --- 6-3, 6-0 11