BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College women's tennis team earned a pair of wins on a busy Saturday at Maine Pines, defeating Bates (7-0) and Brandeis (6-1) in its first action since spring break.
 
The wins move the Polar Bears, ranked tenth in the latest Division III poll, improve to 5-3 on the season.
 
Bates Match Highlights

• Bowdoin dispatched the Bobcats, not losing a single set across nine matches.
• The Polar Bears swept doubles, with Bella Hartung/Zoe Sun (6-0), Cara Hung/ Suzanne Pogorelec (6-2), and Caroline Stuhlfaut/Naomi Williams (6-2) to take a 1-0 advantage.
• Hartung, Julia Ross, Marie Frati, Willow Assante-LaBash, Williams, and Lila Moldenhauer all earned straight-set victories to wrap up the shutout.

Brandeis Match Highlights

• The Polar Bears prevailed in a tighter match against the Judges, rolling to a 6-1 victory.
• Bowdoin won two of three doubles match-ups to take a 1-0 edge courtesy of Hung/Pogorelec (6-1) and Stuhlfaut/Williams (7-5)
• Straight-set wins from Pogorelec, Sun, Hartung, and Ross pushed Bowdoin over the top. Hung also earned a win, taking it in three sets to wrap the Polar Bear victories.

Up Next

• Bowdoin will travel to Pennsylvania next weekend to play UAA schools Emory (Saturday) and Carnegie Mellon (Sunday) in Pittsburgh.