CLAREMONT, Calif. — The Bowdoin College women’s tennis team wrapped up a perfect California trip by defeating Trinity 7-2 on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (7-0) are off to their best start since the 2006-07 season when they began the year 16-0. The 10th-ranked Polar Bears handed the 21stranked Bantams their first loss.
Bowdoin captured wins in five of the six singles matches, as well as two out of three in doubles. Emma Lewis and Kellen Alberstone took a 9-7 decision at No. 2 doubles as Tiffany Cheng and Kate Winingham took a decisive 8-0 win at No. 3.
Cheng and Emma Chow both finished off their singles opponents in straight sets at No. 3 and No. 6, respectively, combining for a dominant 24-1 performance. Chantalle Lavertu and Winingham both battled back from 3-6 first-set losses to secure wins at No 2 and No. 4. Alberstone won the deciding third set at No. 1, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.
Bowdoin returns home for a 10 a.m. conference matchup against Connecticut College on March 30.
Men’s tennis
The Polar Bears concluded their West Coast trip with three consecutive wins.
The fifth-ranked Polar Bears (7-2) knocked off two ranked opponents, knocking off 28thranked Trinity (6-3) and No. 11 University of Redlands (5-4). Bowdoin also swept past unranked Babson (9-0).
Earlier in the week, Bowdoin dropped a 7-2 decision to topranked Kenyon.
Against Kenyon, Bowdoin took a win at No. 1 doubles from Kyle Wolstencroft and Doug Caplan (8-6), but only mustered one singles point, courtesy of Casey Grindon at No. 2 (7-5, 6-2). The Polar Bears lost three three-set affairs that made the difference in the final result.
Versus Trinity, Bowdoin got a key doubles point from the first-year doubles pairing of Chase Savage and Luke Trinka at No. 3 (8-2) and dominated singles action, getting wins from No. 1 Noah Bragg (4-6, 6-3, 10-5), No. 2 Grindon (6-2, 6-1), No. 3 Samuel King (6-3, 6-2), No. 4 Wolstencroft (6-2, 6-1) and No. 5 Savage (6-2, 6-1) to clinch the victory.
After downing Babson, Bowdoin again got a clutch win from its No. 3 doubles pairing of Savage and Trinka to trail 2- 1 after doubles play against Redlands.
The Polar Bears closed the gap in singles play as Grindon (6-2, 6-2), King (6-4, 6-0) and Savage (7-5, 6-1) each earned straight-set wins. It was Wolstencroft who clinched the match, rallying from a one-set deficit at No. 5 singles to take a 1-6, 7-5, 6-1 win.
The Polar Bears return to Maine to take on Connecticut College March 30 at 2 p.m.
Baseball
Bowdoin (7-5) split a Wednesday doubleheader against Rutgers Camden, taking the first game 6-4 before dropping the second 11-2.
In Bowdoin’s victory, the Polar Bears combined 11 hits and clean fielding to hand starting pitcher Christian Martin his second win of the season. Oliver Van Zant accounted for three Bowdoin hits, going 3-for- 4, Tim McGarry went 2-for-3 with an RBI, walk and stolen base, and Cole DiRoberto picked up two hits and drove in a run.
The Raptors answered Bowdoin with a 11-run performance in the nightcap.
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