WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The Bowdoin College women's tennis team saw its season come to an end at the hands of NESCAC foe Williams on Saturday, 5-0, in the third round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Polar Bears end their season with a record of 13-6.
The Ephs won all three doubles matches and took a pair of straight-set singles wins to clinch a trip to the national quarterfinals next week in California. The season isn't over for Bowdoin #1 singles player Kellen Alberstone, who earned a trip to the NCAA Individual Championship May 27-29, at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center and Pauley Tennis Complex in Claremont, California. Alberstone and her doubles teammate Kate Winingham are first alternates for the Doubles Championship.
At number one doubles the Eph duo of Lucy Marchese and Nikki Reich built at 5-0 lead and ended up downing Bowdoin's Kellen Alberstone and Kate Winingham 8-4. The Ephs #3 pairing of Kathleen Elkins and Caroline Capute were in control of their match from the start and prevailed over the Polar Bear team of Hannah Hoerner and Chantale Lavertu, 8-3, to give Williams a 3-0 lead heading into singles play. The Ephs #2 tandem of Kristin Alotta and Taylor French opened their match down 4-0 and bounced back to win 8-5, taking 8 of the last 9 games of the match.
Kathleen Elkins defeated Emma Lewis in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2 to give the Ephs their fourth point of the match. It would be senior Lucy Marchese that would close out the match for Ephs, finishing off her opponent, Chantalle Lavertu, 6-4, 6-2.
Williams 5, Bowdoin 0
Doubles
1. Lucy Marchese/Nikki Reich (Wms) def. Kellen Alberstone/Kate Winingham (B) -- 8-4
2. Taylor French/Kristin Alotta (Wms) def. Emily Lombardi/Emma Lewis (B) -- 8-5
3. Caroline Capute/Kathleen Elkins (Wms) def. Hannah Hoerner/Chantale Lavertu (B) -- 8-3
Singles
1. Kristin Alotta (Wms) vs. Kellen Alberstone (B) -- 3-6, 5-2--DNF
2. Nancy Worley (Wms) vs. Emily Lombardi (B) -- 6-4, 2-6--DNF
3. Lucy Marchese (Wms) def. Chantalle Lavertu (B) -- 6-4, 6-2
4. Kathleen Elkins (Wms) def. Emma Lewis (B) -- 6-2, 6-2
5. Nikki Reich (Wms) vs. Kate Winingham (B) -- 3-3--DNF
6. Caroline Capute (Wms) vs. Hannah Hoerner (B) --
