Women’s Tennis Suffers 8-1 Road Loss at #33 Vassar

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Bates College, playing its eighth of 12 consecutive road matches to start the spring season, journeyed to Vassar College Thursday where the Bobcats suffered an 8-1 loss to the #33 Brewers in non-conference women’s tennis action. Vassar (5-3) opened the afternoon with a clean sweep in doubles play: (No. 1) Erin McCusker/Macey Dowd (Vassar) def. Ally Friedman / Iris Westmoreland (Bates): 8-2 (No. 2) Iris Li/Maddie Kirby (Vassar) def. Isabella Saul / Julia Anderson (Bates): 8-7 (7-2) (No. 3) Ananya Krishnan/Elyse Duley (Vassar) def. Lizzie Frekko / Liv Gidlow (Bates): 8-1 The Bobcats’ lone point came at…