LEWISTON, Maine -- The No. 3 nationally ranked Middlebury College men's tennis team topped No. 24 Bates on Sunday inside Merrill Indoor Gymnasium by a 9-0 score.

The host Bobcats fell to 4-4 this year; the Panthers are now 13-1.

Bates next plays at The College of New Jersey on Tuesday.

Men's Tennis

April 15, 2007

at Lewiston, Maine

Middlebury 9, Bates 0

Doubles

1. Ben Stein/Max Berger lost to Alex Scott/George Mayer, 8-6

2. Amrit Rupasinghe/Ryan Mannelly lost to Kevin Bergesen/Andrew Thomson, 8-4

3. Danilo Acosta/Adam Nielson lost to Filip Marinkovic/Conrad Olson, 8-6

Singles

1. Rupasinghe lost to Scott, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0

2. Stein lost to Olson, 4-6, 6-4 (10-7)

3. Berger lost to Mayer, 6-3, 6-4

4. Acosta lost to Bergesen, 6-3, 6-2

5. Zach Fenno lost to Marinkovic, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1)

6. Mannelly lost to Thomson, 6-2 6-0