MIDDLETOWN, CT. – Rebounding from a loss on Saturday morning, the Wesleyan women's squash team ran a 7-1 campaign against No. 24 Bates College on Sunday afternoon, stealing the victory with three match sweeps from inside the Rosenbaum Squash Center. Wesleyan advances to 9-4 as Bates falls to 4-5.

RESULTS

Cruising to victory in dominant fashion, the second half of the lineup cushioned the Cardinals for the extra points that followed as the match stretched into the early afternoon. At #6, Leandra Sze '26 swept Neha Taneja with a 11-7, 11-2, 11-4 final. Running 11-2, 11-4, 11-1 at #7, Frances Guenther '28 cleared Maeve Mufson following Caroline Caiati's '28 sweep of Andrew Perez 11-0, 11-2, 11-0 at #8.

Forced to extra games, Katherine Risden '28 went five rounds with Angelina Amastal. Amastal held a 2-1 lead before Risden rallied two in a row for the 3-2 match win at 8-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-2. Leading the lineup at #1, Mira Bakshi '26 fell into a two-game hole as Aasya Patel closed in but ran back games three, four, and five for a 3-2, 7-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-7, upset.

At #3, Scarless Hine took a one-game lead over Aanya Anand '26 but was dealt three losses in a row as Anand closed her 3-1 match win, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9. Extra points tilted in Penelope Furnas's '27 favor in the #4 slot despite Savannah Thomas tying the match at one. Furnas won game three with 14 points before a 12-10 win gave way to a 3-1 match win at 11-5, 11-13, 14-12, 12-10.

The Cardinals return to action on Saturday, Feb. 7, when they face Tufts at 1 p.m.