{"id":530201,"date":"2026-03-10T03:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530201\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T03:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:42:08","slug":"womens-tennis-takes-first-loss-this-spring-farah-29-a-winner-in-singles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530201\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s tennis takes first loss this spring, Farah &#8217;29 a winner in singles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Coe \"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p>vs. Coe <\/p>\n<p>3\/18\/2026 | 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 18 (Wed) \/ 8 a.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"\" alt=\"Coe \"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        vs.\u00a0Coe &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-tennis\/opponent-history\/coe\/322\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    CLINTON, N.Y. \u2013 Bowdoin College won four singles matches in straight sets and the Polar Bears recorded a 6-1 NESCAC victory against the Hamilton College Continentals inside Hamilton&#8217;s Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Sunday, March 8.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSeason Update<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Continentals (3-1, 1-1 NESCAC) had won their previous three matches, including a 4-3 decision over nationally ranked No. 37 Colby College on March 7.&#13;<br \/>\n\tNo. 10 Bowdoin (2-1, 2-0) was coming off a 6-1 victory at No. 14 Amherst College on March 7.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How It Happened<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Polar Bears picked up the doubles point and won four out of four first sets at the top four singles flights.&#13;<br \/>\n\tHamilton rallied and captured the No. 5 singles match, forced a split-set decision at No. 6 singles, and pushed all remaining sets but two to a single break of serve.&#13;<br \/>\n\tBowdoin advanced to the national quarterfinals at the 2025 NCAA championship.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Notes<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/mona-farah\/8636\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8636\" target=\"_blank\">Mona Farah<\/a> &#8217;29 is tied for the team lead with nine singles wins and has a 9-4 record in her first season with the Continentals.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHead Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.hamilton.edu\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/coaches\/billy-boykin\/768\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"768\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Boykin<\/a> Said<br \/>\n&#8220;Credit to a very solid Bowdoin team today. They executed well from the outset of the match and put us on our heels. For our part, I thought we grew into the match and finished much stronger than we started. We have a young team and we&#8217;re learning with each match. We will keep working hard and are looking forward to our next slate of matches.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNext Match<br \/>\nHamilton is off until Wednesday, March 18 when the Continentals take on Coe College (9-2) in Orlando, Fla., at 8 a.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: vs. Coe 3\/18\/2026 | 8 a.m. &#13; Mar. 18 (Wed) \/ 8 a.m.&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-530201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}