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Hannah Walpole hits a backhand return during women's tennis practice in April 2025
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Hannah Walpole '26
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Winner Hamilton College HAMW2526 (9-4, 3-3 NESCAC)
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Bates BATW26 (2-11, 1-6 NESCAC)
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Hamilton College HAMW2526
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Bates BATW26
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Jim Taylor

Women's tennis evens NESCAC record at 3-3 with convincing win at Bates

Six Continentals won both their singles and doubles matches

LEWISTON, Maine – Hamilton College won all nine matches and the Continentals mostly cruised to a 7-0 NESCAC win against the Bates College Bobcats inside Bates' Wallach Tennis Center on Saturday, April 11.
 

Season Update

  • Hamilton (9-4, 3-3 NESCAC) is 45th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III computerized team rankings. The Continentals were coming off a 7-0 setback at Amherst College on April 4.
  • The Bobcats (2-11, 1-6) dropped their fifth straight match.
 

How It Happened

  • Six Continentals won both their doubles and singles matches.
  • Hamilton swept the three doubles matches and collected the doubles team point.
  • The Continentals won 5-of-6 first sets in singles play.
  • Priyanka Challapalli '27 put Hamilton up by two with a dominant performance at No. 2 singles.
  • Samantha Rainero '26 followed suit with a complete performance at No. 5 singles and put the Continentals up 3-0 -- one team point away from the win.
  • Mona Farah '29 clinched the match with another decisive singles victory at the No. 4 slot.
  • Muhan Cui '28, Hannah Walpole '26 and Grace Qian '27 also posted singles and doubles wins.
 

Notes

  • The victory marked the first time since the 2018-19 season that the Continentals recorded nine team wins in a season.
  • Farah has a team-best 10-1 singles record this spring.
  • Cui is 8-2 in singles in dual matches.
  • Farah and Qian are 6-2 as a doubles team this spring.
  • Cui and Rainero are 3-1 with all four matches at No. 3 doubles.
  • Farah owns a 10-3 doubles record in dual matches.
  • Rainero is 8-2 in doubles matches, including 6-1 at No. 3.
  • Hamilton has won the last four meetings with Bates.
 

Quote

"I thought we showed a tremendous amount of mental toughness out there today in some really difficult wind conditions," Head Coach Billy Boykin said. "We faced wind gusts of 25 to 30 miles per hour throughout the match, but our team hung in there, stayed positive, and ran extremely well. Bates is a quality side and they are well-coached. They made us work hard for everything.

"Winning the doubles point gave us a big lift. We used that momentum to help us capture five of the six first sets contested. That put some scoreboard pressure on Bates and allowed us to separate a little, play a bit looser. This was a tough road match against a quality opponent in tricky conditions. I am proud of this group and I enjoy watching this team compete. We are still learning, still growing."
 

Next Match

The Continentals play another NESCAC road match at Williams College (9-5, 3-3) on Saturday, April 18 at 10 a.m.
 
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