BRUNSWICK, Maine -- The Bowdoin College men's tennis team dropped rival Bates on Saturday afternoon, 4-3. The Polar Bears improve to 5-5 against Division III opponents (5-9 overall), while Bates drops to 6-6 on the season, 6-4 against Division III teams.

Noah Buntman clinched the win for Bowdoin in the sixth singles position, rallying from a 5-2 deficit in a 6-1, 7-5 victory.

Bates won all three doubles matches for the one doubles point. Senior All-American Will Boe-Wiegaard (Georgetown, Conn.) won at first singles and first-year Mike Sherman (Huntington, N.Y.) won at fourth singles.

RESULTS

Doubles:

1) Will Boe-Wiegaard/Tristan Beach (BAT) d. Sam Bitetti/Garrett Gates  8-3

2) Greg Little/Josh Feinberg (BAT) d. Alex White/Alex Caughron  8-5

3) Ben Stein/Patrick Conway (BAT) d. Andrew Fried/Drew McDonald  8-4

Singles:

1) Boe-Wiegaard (BAT) d. Bitetti  6-3, 6-2

2) Gates (BOW) d. Beach  7-5, 6-2

3) White (BOW) d. Little  6-3, 6-2

4) Mike Sherman (BAT) d. McDonald  6-7(8), 6-0, 6-3

5) Caughron (BOW) d. Stein  6-2, 7-6(4)

6) Noah Buntman (BOW) d. Feinberg  6-1, 7-5