AMHERST, Mass. -- The Bates College men's tennis team saw a couple of tough points go the other team's way as the Bobcats dropped a 7-2 decision to NESCAC rival and host Amherst College on Saturday.

The Lord Jeffs (8-1) picked up two wins in the doubles matches, including a 9-8 (8-6 tiebreaker) marathon in the top spot. Sophomore Zach Lerner teamed with Jeff Schwartz to defeat Bates' top pairing and set the tone for the match.

Bates (3-2) received points from the No. 2 doubles team of first-years Amrit Rupasinghe (Colombo, Sri Lanka) and Ryan Mannelly (New Canaan, Conn.), who won by an 8-2 decision, and sophomore Ben Stein (Pelham, N.Y.) at No. 2 singles.

Bates plays at Tufts on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Amherst 7, Bates 2

Doubles

No. 1 Lerner/Schwartz (A) def. Stein/Berger (B) 9-8 (8-6)

No. 2 Rupasinghe/Mannelly (B) def. Wan/Schwartz (A) 8-2

No. 3 Subramanian/Biesecker (A) def  Reiss/Fenno (B) 8-2

Singles

No. 1 Zach Lerner (A) def. Amrit Rupasinghe (B) 6-3, 6-2

No. 2 Ben Stein (B) def. Tristan Biesecker (A) 2-6, 5-2 ret.

No. 3 Geoff Schwartz (A) def. Mike Reiss (B) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3

No. 4 Jeffrey Wan (A) def. Max Berger (B) 6-0, 6-2

No. 5 Karti Subramanian (A) def. Zack Fenno (B) 6-0, 6-0

No. 6 Jeff Larence (A) def. Mike Sherman (B)  6-2, 6-0