Stein	Rupasinghe
Berger	Reiss

BABSON PARK, Mass. -- The Bates College men's tennis team cruised to a 9-0 victory at non-league opponent Babson College on Friday, raising the Bobcats' head-to-head record to 2-1 this year.

Junior Ben Stein (Pelham, N.Y.) and sophomore Amrit Rupasinghe (Colombo, Sri Lanka) set the tone with an 8-2 victory at first doubles over the Beavers' Walt Sea and Ben Edick. Stein defeated Alex Kamergorodsky 6-3, 6-2 at first singles while Rupasinghe took care of Edick at NO. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-3.

Sophomore Maxwell Berger (Concord, N.H.) teamed up with classmate Ryan Mannelly (New Canaan, Conn.) to win 8-6 at second doubles, and Berger followed with a 6-1, 6-1 win at fourth singles. Sophomore Michael Reiss (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) also scored a pair of wins, at third doubles with senior Brett Hine (Peru, Maine) and at third singles.

Bates will next play at the Middlebury Invitational March 8.

Bates 9, Babson 0

Feb. 29, 2008 at Babson College

Doubles

1. Benjamin Stein/Amrit Rupasinghe (Bates) def. Walt Sea/Ben Edick (Babson) 8-2

2. Maxwell Berger/Ryan Mannelly (Bates) def. Alex Kamergorodsky/Brian Lafayette (Babson) 8-6

3. Michael Reiss/Brett Hine (Bates) def. Austin Conti/Ken Lin (Babson) 8-3

Singles

1. Stein (Bates) def. Kamergorodsky (Babson) 6-3, 6-2

2. Rupasinghe (Bates) def. Edick (Babson) 6-0, 6-3

3. Reiss (Bates) def. Ken Lin (Babson) 6-0, 6-1

4. Berger (Bates) def. Lafayette (Babson) 6-1, 6-1

5. Danilo Acosta (Bates) def. Conti (Babson) 6-2, 6-3

6. Zach Fenno (Bates) def. Edwin Lee (Babson) 6-1, 6-0