Amherst, Mass. - Sweeping doubles action, the No. 3-seeded Bowdoin College women's tennis team shut out the No. 6-seeded Trinity College Bantams, 5-0, in the opening round of the 2013 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship Tournament.Trinity, ranked No. 21 in the nation, drops to 11-7.  Bowdoin advances to tomorrow's second round where they square off with No. 2-seeded Williams.

Emma Chow and Tiffany Cheng defeated Trinity freshman Melita Ferjanic (Samobor, Croatia) and senior co-captain Hillary Hoyt (New York, N.Y.), 8-1. Kellen Alberstone and Chantalle Lavertu then earned an 8-4 second doubles decision over Bantam junior Senzo Mauve-Maphisa (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) and rookie Morgan Feldman (Upper Brookville, N.Y.) before Kate Winingham and Emma Lewis completed the doubles sweep with an 8-2 triumph over Trinity juniors Regan Cherna (Bronxville, N.Y.) and Elizabeth Gerber (Bethesda, Md.).  Chow inched the Polar Bears closer to the victory with a 6-4, 6-0 victory at sixth singles against Trinity senior co-captain Frances Cameron (Mill Valley, N.Y.) before Winingham closed things out with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Cherna in the fourth slot. 

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