BRUNSWICK, Maine – For the first time in program history the Bowdoin women’s tennis team swept Williams and Middlebury in the same regular season schedule.
The Polar Bears (11-6, 8-2 NESCAC) took down Williams 5-2 on Saturday. Bowdoin battled to pin a 4-3 setback on the Panthers on Sunday.
Williams Match Highlights
Bowdoin swept doubles to earn the point. Suzanne Pogorelec and Cara Hung finished 6-2 at #2, while Zoe Sun and Bella Hartung went 6-3 at #1. Caroline Stuhlfaut and Naomi Williams completed the sweep at #3 (7-50.
The Polar Bears comfortably won four singles matches to clinch the victory.
Hung posted at 6-1, 6-3 at #1 and Pogorelec went 6-3, 6-4 at #2.
Sun and Stuhlfaut both cruised at #4 and #4, respectively. Sun posted a 6-0, 6-1. Stuhlfaut finished 6-1, 6-2.
Middlebury Match Highlights
Bowdoin fell behind 1-0 after the Panthers earned the doubles point.
Matches on courts one through five all went to three sets.
After dropping the first set, Pogorelec came back to post Bowdoin’s first point at #2 (4-6, 6-2, 6-3).
Hartung finished minutes later at #3 (7-6, 3-6, 6-1).
At #5, Stuhlfaut fought her way to a win that included a 7-5 third set tiebreaker (6-0, 2-6, 7-6).
Sun clinched the match for Bowdoin in the final singles pairing on court #4. After trailing 5-0 in the first set, Sun stormed back to win the set 7-6. Ren Barton forced a deciding third set after winning the second 6-3. Sun shut the door with a 6-1 finish.
Up Next
The Polar Bears locked in the #2 seed for the conference tournament with an 8-2 record. Middlebury has a matching record in conference play, but Bowdoin has the head-to-head tiebreaker. The NESCAC Championship is being hosted by Middlebury on May 1-3.