WATERVILLE, Maine -- Lily Wain (pictured) and Elise O'Brien both won matches for the 25th-ranked Colby College women's squash team in a 7-2 loss to 16th-ranked Bates College at the Dunaway Courts on Wednesday night.
Wain improved to 13-5 this season with a 3-2 win at the eighth position. She fell behind two sets to one, but allowed just eight points in the final two sets to pull out the victory.
O'Brien, now 6-3 this season, had a straight set win at the ninth position.
The Mules gave the Bobcats a competitive match. Colby lost two matches in five sets and another in four.
Colby will play host to Wellesley College on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Bates 7, Colby 2
1: Luca Polgar, B, d. Madiha Molani, 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-6)
2: Kristyna Alexova, B, d. Devin Mullaney, 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-9)
3: Victoria Arjoon, B, d. Olivia Silverman, 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-3)
4: Emma Dunn, B, d. Julianna Song, 3-2 (11-6, 5-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4)
5: Charlotte Cabot, B, d. Cricket di Galoma, 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-8)
6: Blair Weintraub, B, d. Ren Robinson, 3-1 (11-6, 14-16, 11-6, 11-7)
7: Katie Bull, B, d. Caroline Pelham, 3-2 (10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 11-3)
8: Lily Wain, C, d. Molly Brooks, 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-5)
9: Elise O'Brien, C, d. Nubia Beasley-Bartee, 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-4)
