Bates College swept the doubles matches and the Bobcats edged the Hamilton College Continentals 5-4 in NESCAC play at Bates' Wallach Tennis Center on Sunday.
 
On paper it appeared the two teams were evenly matched and that turned out to be accurate. Hamilton (7-8, 2-8 NESCAC) is 20^th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Northeast Region team rankings and the Bobcats are 19^th.
 
The Continentals took four out of the six singles matches and all of them went to a third set or a super-tiebreaker. Hannah Apsey '25, who is the 18^th-ranked singles player in the region, prevailed 10-5 over Anna Rozin in a third set super-tiebreaker at first flight. Apsey leads the team with a 16-7 singles record.
 
Stephanie Pratt '25 improved to 9-4 in singles play after she recovered from dropping the first set to win in three at third flight. Kat Roberts '22 cruised to a 10-1 decision in her third set super-tiebreaker at fourth flight singles. Roberts moved her career singles record to 33-14 in her final match. Shannon Cicero '25 outlasted Laura Littlefield 10-8 in the third set super-tiebreaker at fifth flight singles and ends the season with a 9-4 record.
 
RESULTS

Bates 5, Hamilton 4
May 1, 2022
Wallach Tennis Center (Lewiston, Maine)

SINGLES
1. Hannah Apsey (H) d. Anna Rozin 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
2. Joanna Atwater (B) d. Claire Cutler 6-3, 6-1
3. Stephanie Pratt (H) d. Ally Friedman 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Kat Roberts (H) d. Alexandra D'Aquino 6-3, 6-7 (3), 10-1
5. Shannon Cicero (H) d. Laura Littlefield 5-7, 6-4, 10-8
6. Sydney Byrnes (B) d. Kate Solowey 6-2, 7-5

DOUBLES
1. Rozin/Friedman (B) d. Apsey/Roberts 8-5
2. Atwater/Salma Alsikafi (B) d. Holtzman/Pratt 8-4
3. Byrnes/Littlefield (B) d. Cutler/Solowey 8-3

Records: Hamilton 7-8, 2-8 NESCAC; Bates 6-10, 3-7 NESCAC