MEDFORD, Mass. -  The 13th-ranked Bowdoin College women's tennis team bowed to 11th-ranked Tufts, 6-3, in their regular-season finale on Saturday. The Polar Bears finish their regular season with a record of 9-6 (3-4 NESCAC) and will learn their pairings for the upcoming NESCAC Championship Tournament early next week.

On Saturday, Tufts won two of the three doubles matches to carry a one-point lead into singles play. The Jumbos then claimed four of the six singles points to clinch the victory. Bowdoin's Elizabeth Pedowitz and Nikka Kuna won at #3 doubles while Brett Davis and Hannah Hoerner earned the singles points for the Polar Bears at #3 and #6, respectively.

Tufts 6, Bowdoin 3
Singles
1. Browne (T) def. Lombardi (B)  6-1, 6-1
2. McCooey (T) def. Alberstone (B)  6-2, 6-1
3. Davis (B) def. Katz (T) 6-7 (5), 6-0, (10-8)
4. Stewart (T) def. Lavertu (B) 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Lam (T) def. Pedowitz (B) 6-0, 6-3
6. Hoerner (B) def. Jennifer LaCara (T) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
1. Julia Browne/Meghan McCooey (T) def. Kellen Alberstone/Brett Davis(B) 8-0
2. Lindsay Katz/Janice Lam (T) def. Emily Lombardi/Hannah Hoerner (B)  8-4
3. Elizabeth Pedowitz/Nikki Kuna (B) def. Laura Hoguet/Hillary Rosen (T) 8-5