Chris Ellis won at No. 2 singles at No. 22 MIT on Saturday, March 4, 2017. (File photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The No. 26 nationally ranked Bates men's tennis team won a doubles match and a pair of singles matches in a 6-3 road loss to No. 22 MIT Saturday afternoon.

Bates (0-3) got the match off on the right foot against the Engineers (4-0) with a win at No. 3 doubles. Sophomore Josh Quijano (Los Angeles, Calif.) and junior Josh Leiner (Baltimore, Md.) teamed up to defeat Sean Ko and Victor Cheng in impressive fashion, tallying an 8-0 victory. But the Bobcats did not have as much success at No. 2 and No. 1 doubles, dropping both matches to trail 2-1 heading into singles play.

Bates lost at No. 4, No. 3 and No. 1 singles in quick succession, clinching the match for the Engineers. 

But the Bobcats didn't back down, as senior Chris Ellis (Shrewsbury, Mass.) prevailed at No. 2 singles by a count of 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 (tiebreaker) over Alex Cauneac.

Although the Bobcats dropped a match at No. 6 singles, they ended the day on a high note with first-year Vidyut Yadav (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) beating Albert Go 6-0, 5-7, 10-8 (tiebreaker) to earn Yadav the first singles victory of his collegiate career. 

The Bobcats are back in action on Saturday, March 11 when they visit last year's national runner-up and No. 3 nationally ranked Middlebury for a 9:00 a.m. match.

No. 22 MIT 6, No. 26 Bates 3
March 4, 2017 at Cambridge, Mass.

Doubles
1. Alex Cauneac/Bryan Lilley (MIT) def. Ben Rosen/Chris Ellis (B) 8-5 
2. Tyler Barr/Albert Go (MIT) def. Pat Ordway/Adam Schwartz (B) 8-3
3. Josh Quijano/Josh Leiner (B) def. Sean Ko/Victor Cheng (MIT) 8-0

Singles
1. Barr (MIT) def. Rosen (B) 6-3, 6-1
2. Ellis (B) def. Cauneac (MIT) 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 
3. Ko (MIT) def. Quijano (B) 6-2, 6-2
4. Cheng (MIT) def. Jacob Kauppila (B) 6-3, 6-2
5. Vidyut Yadav (B) def. Go (MIT) 6-0, 5-7, 10-8
6. Lilley (MIT) def. Nick Glover (B) 6-4, 6-3