The No. 7 women’s tennis team dominated the Connecticut College Camels this past weekend, taking all nine matches in New London, Conn. without dropping a single set.

Senior Kate Winingham led in the No. 1 slot, taking down Connecticut College’s Charlotte Marcoux 6-2, 6-1. Though it was her first time in the top singles slot since March 17, it was her third consecutive straight-set victory. The captain has now won six of her last seven matches, with the only loss a 10-7 super-tiebreaker defeat at Trinity on March 19.

Joulia Likhanskaia ’17 also dominated her opponent, dropping only two games en route to a 6-2, 6-0 win. The first year has hit the ground running at Bowdoin—she holds a 14-2 record so far this year.

“It’s definitely a lot different playing here. In college it’s more of a team sport,” Likhanskaia said. “In juniors [competitive tennis for high-schoolers] you don’t have all of your teammates supporting you. It’s just you by yourself on the court. Here you work for the team.”

One of Likhanstaia’s two losses came last fall against Middlebury’s Ria Gerger, in only her third college match. She suffered her second a few weeks ago to Tufts’s Connor Calabro. She had dominated the No. 3 spot on the ladder until this past weekend, when she was moved up to No. 2.

Three other first years grabbed points in singles matches for the young and talented Polar Bears. Kyra Silitch (6-0, 6-0), Samantha Stalder (6-0, 6-0) and Pilar Giffenig (7-6(3), 6-1) all came out winners.

The three doubles matches also went Bowdoin’s way, with senior Emma Lewis teaming up with Likhanskaia to take an 8-0. Stalder combined with Winingham and Giffenig with Tiffany Cheng ’16 for victories in the remaining two doubles matches.

The Polar Bears hope to follow their dominant performance with a strong outing this weekend against two of the toughest opponents they will face all year, No. 3 Emory and No. 4 Amherst. The team faces Amherst at 3:30 this afternoon in its home opener, weather permitting. They hope to capitalize on weather conditions unfamiliar to Emory to pull off an upset on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

A win Friday against the talented Lady Jeffs would be hugely important, as it would move Bowdoin to 4-0 in the NESCAC and give the team a legitimate shot at the division title. Currently, the Polar Bears stand at 10-2, with the team’s only losses coming to west coast powerhouses No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and No. 6 Pomona-Pitzer.