South Hadley, Mass. - March 5, 2022 - The Mount Holyoke College tennis team fell to visitor Bates College, 9-0, at the MHC Tennis Courts on Saturday afternoon.

In doubles play, senior Annissa Aamoum (Dulles, Va.) and first-year Annika Chai (London, England) teamed up at No. 1 doubles and fell to Anna Rozin and Ally Friedman, 8-2, before junior Shweta Kiran Cavale (Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) and senior Hannah Middleton (Pawcatuck, Conn.) represented Mount Holyoke at No. 2 doubles and dropped an 8-2 decision to Joanna Atwater and Salma Alsikafi. Rounding out doubles for the Lyons at No. 3, senior Nikki Cheng (Honolulu, Hawaii) and first-year Claudia Gonzalez-Vazquez (Cancun, Mexico) fell to Drew Williams and Olivia Gidlow, 8-2. 

Rozing defeated Chai at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-1, before Kiran Cavale dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision at No. 2 to Atwater. Aamoum fell to Friedman 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3 singles, while Ava Lyon topped Middleton at No. 4 singles, 6-3, 7-5. Slotted at No. 5, Cheng suffered a 6-1, 6-0 setback to Williams, before Elizabeth Frekko defeated Gonzalez-Vazquez 6-3, 6-0 at No. 6. 

Results:

Doubles
1. Anna Rozin/Ally Friedman (Bates) def. Annika Chai/Annissa Aamoum (MHC) 8-2
2. Joanna Atwater/Salma Alsikafi (Bates) def. Shweta Kiran Cavale/Hannah Middleton (MHC) 8-2
3. Drew Williams/Olivia Gidlow (Bates) def. Nikki Cheng/Claudia Gonzalez-Vazquez (MHC) 8-2

Singles
1. Rozin (Bates) def. Chai (MHC) 6-1, 6-1
2. Atwater (Bates) def. Kiran Cavale (MHC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Friedman (Bates) def. Aamoum (MHC) 6-2, 6-1
4. Ava Lyon (Bates) def. Middleton (MHC) 6-3, 7-5
5. Williams (Bates) def. Cheng (MHC) 6-1, 6-0
6. Elizabeth Frekko (Bates) def. Gonzalez-Vazquez (MHC) 6-3, 6-0

Up next, the Mount Holyoke College tennis team will host Colby-Sawer College on Saturday, March 26 at 1 p.m. at the MHC Tennis Courts. 

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