MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – In the NESCAC Championship Quarterfinals, #8 Amherst College eased past the #24 Bowdoin College Polar Bears with a score of 5-1. The match took place on Friday afternoon on the Proctor Tennis Courts at Middlebury College.

Amherst's record improves to 12-3 for the season. Up next: in the Semifinals of the NESCAC Championship, Amherst will take on the #5 Wesleyan University Cardinals. The game is a repeat of the 2022 semifinal in which the Cardinals won 5-4. The game will take place on the Hunt Tennis Courts in Williamstown, Mass.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• The Mammoths swept the doubles matches, including an 8-7 (7-2) tiebreaker win by first-year Sophie Diop and sophomore Mia Kintiroglou at the #3 spot.
• Bowdoin's Cara Hung gave the Polar Bears their only point with a win versus senior Calista Sha at the #4 spot.
• First-years Sophie Diop and Karolina Dobiecka secured the two singles victories that Amherst needed to clinch the match.
• Amherst proceeds to the NESCAC Championship Semifinals for the third consecutive season and 14th time overall.

1. Katja Jules Viberg/Karolina Dobiecka (AMH) def. Cara Hung/Jamilah Karah (BOW) 8-6
2. Amy Cui/Katie Hart (AMH) def. Kennedi Carter/Hannah Buckhout (BOW) 8-3
3. Sophie Diop/Mia Kintiroglou (AMH) def. Julia DeLuca/Elizabeth Yu (BOW) 8-7

1. Amy Cui (AMH) vs. Jamilah Karah 7-5 3-2 incomplete
2. Sophie Diop (AMH) def. Kennedi Carter (BOW) 6-2 6-2
3. Deliala Friedman (AMH) vs. Elizabeth Yu (BOW) 6-2 4-4 incomplete
4. Cara Hung (BOW) def. Calista Sha (AMH) 6-3 6-2
5. Karolina Dobiecka (AMH) def. Hannah Buckhout (BOW) 6-0 6-1
6. Maddie Swire (AMH) vs. Julia DeLuca (BOW) 4-6 3-3 incomplete