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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Jim Taylor

Women's tennis registers 5-2 NESCAC win over Bates on Senior Day

Seniors were responsible for four team points for the Continentals

CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College captured the top three singles matches and the Continentals posted a 5-2 NESCAC win against the Bates College Bobcats inside Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Sunday, April 6.
 

Season Update

  • The 51st-ranked Continentals (6-5, 2-3 NESCAC) have alternated wins and losses for the last five matches.
  • Nationally ranked No. 37 Bates (4-11, 2-4) lost its sixth straight match.
 

How It Happened

  • Hamilton won two out of three doubles matches and picked up the team doubles point.
  • The Continentals claimed four singles matches including three in straight sets.
  • Stephanie Pratt '25 dropped the first set at No. 2 singles and was down 3-0 in the second set before she rallied and clinched the match for the Continentals. Pratt outlasted Isabella Saul in the second set in a tiebreaker and cruised to a 6-1 decision in the third.
 

Notes

  • Pratt, Hannah Apsey '25 and Priyanka Challapalli '27 were double winners against Bates. Apsey and Challapalli went 2-for-2 in singles action on the weekend.
  • Apsey surrendered just one game at No. 1 singles and recorded her 36th career win at Hamilton.
  • Pratt and Challapalli (No. 3) are tied for the team lead with eight singles wins. Challapalli has a 7-4 record in dual matches.
  • Shannon Cicero '25 evened her singles record at 3-3 with a victory at No. 5.
  • Apsey and Pratt cruised at No. 1 doubles and improved to 12-6 on the year including 7-3 in the spring. They are 27-15 in their career as a doubles team. Apsey has a 51-29 career doubles record and Pratt recorded her 40th career doubles victory.
  • Challapalli and Hannah Walpole '26 prevailed in a tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles.
  • The Continentals honored Apsey, Cicero, Pratt, Kate Solowey '25 and Ally Turtledove '25 before the match.
  • Hamilton has won the last three meetings with the Bobcats.
 

Quote

"This was a great college tennis match," Head Coach Billy Boykin said. "Bates has a strong team and they're well-coached. They made us work for everything. Our players were really tough in the big moments today. I thought we showed a lot of grit and a lot of determination."

About the Seniors on Senior Day
"Fittingly, our seniors led the way for us on Senior Day," Boykin said. "They put us up early in doubles action and then sealed the match for us down the stretch. This senior class means so much to this program. We will miss them tremendously."

Looking Ahead
"There is still a lot of tennis to play over the next few weeks," Boykin said. "We will hit the practice courts hard and keep working to get better. This group is focused. This group is hungry."
 

Next Match

The Continentals travel to Bowdoin College for another NESCAC match on Saturday, April 12 at 1 p.m.
 
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