BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College women's tennis team welcomed four programs to campus last weekend for the Polar Bear Invitational, featuring competition against Wesleyan, Brandeis, Colby and Babson in a hidden dual format.
The event featured a series of singles and doubles matches throughout the weekend, giving the Polar Bears an opportunity to test themselves against strong regional competition as the fall season winds down.
Weekend Highlights
- Bowdoin enjoyed a strong showing in singles against Brandeis, winning seven of eight matches. Caroline Stuhlfaut, Naomi Williams, Willow Assante-LaBash and Polina Briggs earned straight-set victories, while Julia Ross, Nina Costalas and Lila Moldenhauer prevailed in third-set super tiebreakers.
- Against Colby, Zoe Sun, Julia Ross and Naomi Williams collected singles victories. Ross earned a hard-fought 7-5, 7-6(2) win over Ella Novion, while Sun defeated Jade Finestone, 6-3, 6-2.
- The Polar Bears swept three doubles matches against Colby, highlighted by a 6-1 victory from the pairing of Stuhlfaut and Sun. Costalas and Williams posted a 6-2 win, while Assante-LaBash and Moldenhauer completed the sweep with a 6-4 decision.
- Bowdoin also earned two doubles victories against Babson, including a 6-3 win by Sun and Stuhlfaut over Sandra Sikharulidze and Manuela Moscoso.
- Costalas delivered one of the weekend's most dramatic singles victories against Babson, outlasting Dana Kamal, 6-4, 1-6, (14-12). Assante-LaBash added a straight-set win over Vanessa Vu.
- Assante-LaBash also collected a singles victory against Wesleyan, defeating Lucinda Gatsionis, 6-3, 7-6, to cap a strong individual weekend.
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