2005-Present


Women's tennis opens season at ITA tourney at MIT
9/19/2009: Bates first-year Katie Helfgott won her first-round match in the singles championship bracket at the ITA Women's Division III New England Championship, held at MIT.
Benisch wins at No. 1 singles on Senior Day vs. Wesleyan
4/26/2009: The Bobcats women's tennis team fell 7-2 in the NESCAC matchup, with Benisch acquitting herself well with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 1 singles.
Benisch, Piacquad both go 2-0 against Colby
4/24/2009: Colby College came back from a 2-1 deficit after doubles play to edge Bates College 5-4 in a NESCAC women's tennis match on Friday at Wallach Tennis Center.
Piacquad stands out for women's tennis at Vassar
4/22/2009: The Bates women's tennis team fell 9-0 in a non-conference match on Wednesday at Vassar, despite several close matches.
Women's tennis wins 7-2 at Hamilton
4/19/2009: The Bates women's tennis team won for the second time in three matches on Sunday, notching a 7-2 NESCAC conference victory at Hamilton.
Benisch, Piacquad win singles matches in women's tennis
4/11/2009: Bates received wins at first and second singles from senior Caryn Benisch and junior Alex Piacquad, respectively.
Women's tennis wins 7-2 at Connecticut College
4/5/2009: The Bates women's tennis team posted a 7-2 victory at Connecticut College on Sunday, sweeping the three doubles matches and winning four out of six singles matches.
No. 6 Amherst tops women's tennis
4/4/2009: The Bates women's tennis came up against another nationally ranked opponent on Saturday and fell 9-0 in a NESCAC match at Amherst College.
No. 11 Tufts deals women's tennis team a defeat
3/28/2009: The Bates women's tennis team fell 9-0 at No. 11 nationally ranked Tufts on Saturday, with Brooke Morse-Karzen winning a set for the Bobcats.
Gulliver, women's tennis play tough vs. No. 12 Bowdoin
3/26/2009: Jean Gulliver '10 came back to win her singles match from being down 5-2 in the second set and already down a set. Gulliver and Meg Anderson '12 also gained a point in doubles in a 7-2 setback for the Bobcats.
Piacquad wins for women's tennis at Brandeis
3/21/2009: The Bates women's tennis team dropped an 8-1 non-conference match at Brandeis University on Saturday.
Women's tennis falls at No. 13 Middlebury
3/15/2009: The Bates women's tennis team lost 9-0 at No. 13 nationally ranked Middlebury on Sunday, with Bobcat first-year Erika Blauth standing out by winning one set at No. 4 singles.
Women's tennis routs Mount Holyoke, 8-1
3/7/2009: Meg Anderson's win at No. 3 singles clinched the non-conference victory over the visiting Lyons.
Morse-Karzen shines for women's tennis at MIT
2/28/2009: Brooke Morse-Karzen won at both singles and doubles to lead the Bobcats in a 7-2 loss at MIT.
Women's tennis wins spring opener in Florida, 5-4
2/18/2009: The Bates women's tennis team opened the spring season on Wednesday with a 5-4 victory over Hillsborough Community College, the defending National Junior College Athletic Association national champions.
Women's Tennis 2009 Spring Season Preview
2/17/2009: After a four-month break from competition, the women’s tennis team resumes play for their full-length spring season. The Bobcats got a taste of what lay ahead in their quick fall season playing two tournaments and competing in one head-to-head matchup against Babson College.
Women's tennis racks up wins at NEWITT tournament
10/19/2008: The Bobcats saw two duos — Alex Piacquad/Meg Anderson and caryn Benisch/Brooke Morse-Karzen — advance to face each other in the finals of the A Draw First Round Consolation Bracket.
Babson defeats Bates in women's tennis, 6-3
10/2/2008: Babson College defeated Bates College 6-3 in a women's tennis dual match played at Bates late into Thursday night. First-year Brooke Morse-Karzen had a hand in two of the Bobcats' three points.
Benisch wins for women's tennis at ITA Championships
9/27/2008: Bates senior Caryn Benisch took home a victory in the singles field, highlighting the Bobcat women's tennis team's performances in their first event of the Fall 2008 season, the ITA Championships at MIT.
Women's tennis finishes regular season at Wesleyan
4/21/2008: Caryn Benisch and Mallika Raghavan won at third and fourth singles, respectively, for the Bobcats in a 7-2 NESCAC loss to the Cardinals.
Women's tennis pair scores upset at No. 1 doubles vs. Ephs
4/20/2008: Cecilia Grissa and Alexandra Piacquad defeated the No. 2-ranked doubles team in the Northeast as the Bates women's tennis team lost 8-1 to No. 2 nationally ranked Williams College on Sunday.
Women's tennis nearly upsets Connecticut College, 5-4
4/19/2008: Winning points for Bates were Alexandra Piacquad, Caryn Benisch, Jean Gulliver and the doubles team of Cecilia Grissa and Piacquad.
Women's tennis finishes trip with setback at TCNJ
4/16/2008: Ranked 26th in Division III, host The College of New Jersey posted a 9-0 win over Bates in non-conference women's tennis on Wednesday.
Host Swarthmore holds off women's tennis team
4/14/2008: Jean Gulliver and the doubles team of Cecilia Grissa and Alex Piacquad scored points for the Bobcats in a loss to the 9-4 Garnet.
Women's tennis nearly scores upset at Div. 1 Lehigh
4/13/2008: Cecilia Grissa led the Bobcats in a 4-3 loss at Lehigh University on Sunday, winning at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles.
Women's tennis wins at both Mt. Holyoke, Smith
4/5/2008: Fueled by singles sweeps in both matches, the Bates College women’s tennis team picked up a pair of 8-1 victories on Saturday, first at Mount Holyoke on Saturday morning and later in the afternoon at Smith College.
Women's tennis team falls at Bowdoin
4/2/2008: Bates next plays a pair of matches on Saturday, at Mt. Holyoke and at Smith.
Grissa, Piacquad win at No. 1 doubles in loss to Tufts
3/30/2008: Tufts University, the No. 3-ranked women's tennis team in the Northeast, defeated host Bates College 8-1 Sunday in a NESCAC match played in Merrill Indoor Gymnasium.
Women's tennis team wins 6-3 at Colby
3/18/2008: Alex Piacquad, Caryn Benisch, Mallika Raghavan and Liz Fleming all won at both singles and doubles to pace the Bobcats.
Judges defeat Bobcats in women's tennis
3/15/2008: Brandeis University defeated Bates College by a 9-0 score Saturday in a non-conference women's tennis match played at Merrill Indoor Gymasium.
Women's tennis team competes at Middlebury Invitational
3/9/2008: Senior captain Mallika Raghavan played in the best match of the day at No. 2 singles for the undermanned Bobcats in a loss to the host Panthers.
MIT defeats women's tennis team at Merrill
3/1/2008: The Bobcats took four of six singles matches to three sets in a 9-0 loss to the 9-3 Engineers.
Women's tennis team plays at Div. 2 University of Tampa
2/21/2008: The Bobcats made a strong spring season debut against a tough opponent, winning two doubles matches while ultimately falling by a 7-2 score at the UT Tennis Complex.
Tennis player Mallika Raghavan named a semifinalist for Wooden Cup
12/17/2007: Bates College senior Mallika Raghavan has earned distinction as a semifinalist for The Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, a national award recognizing the most outstanding role models among athletes.
Grissa reaches quarterfinals in No. 1 singles at NEWITT
10/21/2007: Bates senior Cecilia Grissa made it to to the quarterfinals of the No. 1 singles flight to highlight the Bobcats' efforts at the annual New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament Division III Championship.
Women's tennis shows grit in 5-4 decision at Babson
10/10/2007: Babson College emerged the 5-4 winner after a 4 1/2-hour non-conference match against the Bates College women's tennis team on Wednesday, sending the visiting Bobcats to a 1-1 record this year and the host Beavers to 8-3.
Women's tennis makes strong showing at ITA Championships
9/23/2007: The Bates women's tennis team combined for five wins over the weekend at the ITA Division III Women's New England Region Championships, hosted by MIT.
Gulliver notches women's tennis's third victory at Bowdoin round robin
9/16/2007: Bates sophomore Jean Gulliver defeated Katie Muto of Colby 7-5, 6-2, on Sunday at the Bowdoin Round Robin, giving the Bobcats their third win in the two-day tournament.
Women's tennis dominates Southern Maine, 9-0
9/13/2007: The Bates College women's tennis team opened the fall 2007 season by cruising to a 9-0 victory over the University of Southern Maine at the Wallach Tennis Center on Thursday.
Women's tennis season comes to a close
4/24/2007: Colby swept the doubles matches en route to a 7-2 women's tennis victory over host Bates College Tuesday at the Wallach Tennis Center.
Women's tennis team drops match at No. 3-ranked Williams
4/22/2007: The Bates women's tennis team concluded its weekend odyssey across New England Sunday with a loss at Williams College.
Women's tennis team defeated at Connecticut College
4/21/2007: The Connecticut College women’s tennis team improved to 8-7 (2-2 NESCAC) with a 9-0 defeat of Bates College (4-8, 0-4) in a match played at New London Saturday afternoon.
Doubles teams excel in women's tennis loss at TCNJ
4/18/2007: Bates posted impressive doubles performances to take a 2-1 advantage at the completion of the doubles competition, before TCNJ rallied to win all six singles matches and record the 7-2 win.
Women's tennis team drops match to visiting Middlebury
4/15/2007: The No. 9 nationally ranked Middlebury College women's tennis team encountered a few obstacles on the way, but came out on top of host Bates on Sunday at Merrill Indoor Gymnasium by a 9-0 score.
Women's tennis team beats visiting Mount Holyoke
4/7/2007: The Bates college women's tennis team won two out of three doubles matches and won at the top four singles positions for a 6-3 defeat of visiting Mount Holyoke Saturday inside Merrill Indoor Gymnasium.
Women's tennis falls to undefeated Bowdoin
4/5/2007: Singles victories by Bates' Caryn Benisch and Mallika Raghavan weren't enough to keep the Polar Bears from going 11-0 Thursday at Merrill Indoor Gymnasium.
Hot Jumbos get past Bates women's tennis team
4/1/2007: The Bates College women's tennis team fell to red-hot Tufts University on Sunday by a 9-0 score.
Women's tennis team edged at Brandeis
3/18/2007: The Brandeis women's tennis team got head coach Ben Lamanna '02 his second career win over his alma mater today, defeating Bates 6-3.
Women's tennis team downs Smith College, 9-0
3/10/2007: The Bates College women's tennis team defeated visiting Smith College on Saturday by a decisive 9-0 score for the Bobcats' first team victory of the spring season.
Women's tennis team starts spring competition with loss at MIT
3/3/2007: Bates first-year Alexandra Piacquad earned Bates' lone point, cruising to a 6-1, 6-1 victory at the No. 2 singles position.
Grissa, Harris reach singles quarterfinals at NEWITT Championship
10/22/2006: Multiple singles victories by Bates junior Cecilia Grissa and senior Laura Harris highlighted the Bobcats' women's tennis team's weekend at the New England Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament
Women's tennis team guts out 5-4 win over Babson
10/12/2006: The Bates College women's tennis team won four out of six singles matches to edge visiting Babson College by a 5-4 score Thursday at the Wallach Tennis Center.
Women's tennis falls to Wesleyan, 7-2
10/7/2006: Wesleyan swept the singles matches en route to a 7-2 win over the Bates College women's tennis team at the Wallach Tennis Center.
Three Bobcats win multiple matches at ITA Championships
9/24/2006: Cecilia Grissa, Caryn Benisch and Laura Harris of the Bates College women's tennis team each won multiple matches at the Division III ITA Women's New England Region Tennis Championships.
Women's tennis team thumps Southern Maine, 9-0
9/14/2006: The Bates College Bobcats opened their 2006-07 season with a convincing 9-0 victory over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a non-conference women's tennis match Thursday afternoon at the USM Field House.
Bates' Grissa and Harris earn All-NESCAC honors as doubles team
5/9/2006: Bates College sophomore Cecilia Grissa and junior Laura Harris were named to the 2006 All-NESCAC Second Team as doubles players, the conference announced on Tuesday.
Bates women's tennis team surprises Conn College, 5-4
4/23/2006: The Bates College women's tennis team scored an upset 5-4 victory over Connecticut College Sunday at the Wallach Tennis Center.
Women's tennis team swept at home by Tufts
4/22/2006: Tufts University won every set en route to a 9-0 victory over host Bates College in women's tennis Saturday at the Wallach Tennis Center.
Women's tennis team loses at Bowdoin, 7-2
4/15/2006: The Bates College women's tennis team lost the first five singles matches en route to a 7-2 loss at Bowdoin College on Saturday.
Women's tennis team dominates Mount Holyoke, 8-1
4/13/2006: The Bates College women's tennis team rolled to an 8-1 victory at Mount Holyoke College on Thursday in the team's first match in 12 days.
Brandeis tops Bates women's tennis team, 6-3
4/1/2006: The Bates women's tennis team lost 6-3 to Brandeis University Saturday at the Wallach Tennis Center.
Bates women's tennis team wins at Smith College, 6-3
3/25/2006: The Bates College women's tennis team won at Smith College today, 6-3, raising the Bobcats' record to 4-4 on the year.
Women's tennis team tipped at Colby, 5-4
3/14/2006: The Bates College women's tennis was edged in a 5-4 decision at NESCAC rival Colby College Tuesday night on Colby's indoor courts.
Women's tennis edges MIT, 5-4
3/4/2006: The Bates College women's tennis team defeated MIT 5-4 on Saturday for the first time in head coach Paul Gastonguay's five years coaching the team, raising the Bobcats' record to 3-3.
Women's tennis team opens with pair of losses to Texas schools
3/1/2006: The Bates College women's tennis team opened its spring season with a swing through Texas, where the Bobcats lost 7-0 against Trinity University on Feb. 21 and 9-1 against Division II University of the Incarnate Word on Feb. 23.
Bates quarterfinalists reach journeys' end at NEWITT Championships
10/16/2005: The three singles players and one doubles team from Bates College that reached the quarterfinals of their respective flights on Saturday saw their roads end there at the New England Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament, hosted by Amherst College this weekend.
Grissa reaches No. 1 singles quarterfinals at NEWITT Championship
10/15/2005:
'Bizarre' finish ends in win over Babson for women's tennis team
10/6/2005: Before a winner could be decided, a walk through the woods and a change of scenery were required at Thursday's women's tennis match between Babson College and visiting Bates College.
Women's tennis competes at ITA Championships
9/26/05: Cecilia Grissa (Doylestown, PA/George) faced a tough match vs. Williams’ Alexandra Maclennan and lost 11-9 in the first set tiebreaker and then 6-0.
Women's tennis falls to Middlebury
9/18/05: The Bates women's tennis team fell to Middlebury Sunday at the Middlebury Invitational, 9-0.
Women's tennis opens up season with big victory over USM
9/15/05: The Bates College women's tennis team got the 2005-06 season started with a dominating performance, defeating the University of Southern Maine 9-0 on Thursday.