Women's Tennis Beats University of Rochester
April 2, 2005

WALTHAM, Mass – The Bates College women’s tennis team defeated the University of Rochester, 5-0, indoors at Brandeis University on Saturday.

The Bobcats took a 3-0 lead by sweeping the doubles matches highlighted by Cecilia Grissa ’08 (Doylestown, Pa.) and Emma Nochomovitz ’07 (Cleveland, Ohio) winning 9-7.

Since the match was played until a decision, only two singles victories were needed, and Laura Harris ’07 (Mercer Island, Wash.) and Diana Wilkinson ’05 (Los Angeles, Cal.) completed their matches in straight sets.

Bates def. Rochester, 5-0

DOUBLES

1.  BATES Grissa/Nochomovitz def. Cross/Kumar, 9-7
2.  BATES De Vito/Yost def. Perry/Baker, 8-6
3.  BATES Currie/Bracken def. Yakovechenko/Della, 8-4

SINGLES

1.  DNF Colleen Cross (R) leading Tara De Vito (B), 6-3, 2-3
2.  DNF Cecilia Grissa (B) leading Shivani Kumar (R), 4-1
3.  DNP Emma Nochomovitz vs. Jaymi Della
4.  DNP Liz Currie vs. Alexa Perry
5.  BATES Laura Harris def. Jena Baker, 6-2, 6-3
6.  BATES Diana Wilkinson def. Vera Yakovechenko, 6-2, 6-3