LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates men's tennis team swept all three doubles matches on the way to a 6-3 win over MIT Saturday afternoon at Merrill Gymnasium. 

The Bobcats (2-4) got the day started with a win at No. 2 doubles, as junior Leo Kupferman (Montclair, N.J.) and junior captain Teddy Koide (Morristown, N.J.) teamed up to defeat MIT's Wayne Nelms and Sundeep Chakladar by a count of 8-3. Then sophomore Aaron Ramos (Englewood, N.J.) and first-year Paul Zhou (Beijing, China) won 8-3 over Daniel Antov and Benji Grossman at No. 3 doubles.

The No. 1 doubles match proved to be an epic battle, with Bates sophomores Alexander Gujarathi (Plymouth, Mass.) and Matthew Danielson (St. Petersburg, Fla.) prevailing 8-7 (7-5) over MIT's Daniel Papacia and Derek Shen. 

In singles play, Kupferman got the Bobcats off to a strong start with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Antov at No. 3. Junior captain Nick Forester (Falmouth, Maine) didn't compete in doubles play, leaving him well-rested for his No. 1 singles match, a 6-3, 6-1 win over Shen. Forester's victory clinched the match for the Bobcats. 

Danielson also won in singles action, defeating MIT's Richter Jordaan in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. 

The Engineers (4-2) won the final three singles matches of the day but it took a third-set tiebreaker for them to win two of the matches, and Bates had already clinched the overall win at that point.

Bates travels to Skidmore this Thursday for non-conference match that gets underway at 5pm. 

Bates 6, MIT 3
March 19, 2022 at Lewiston, Maine

Doubles
1. Alexander Gujarathi/Matthew Danielson (Bates) def. Daniel Papacia/Derek Shen (MIT) 8-7 (7-5)
2. Leo Kupferman/Teddy Koide (Bates) def. Wayne Nelms/Sundeep Chakladar (MIT) 8-3
3. Aaron Ramos/Paul Zhou (Bates) def. Daniel Antov/Benji Grossman (MIT) 8-3

Singles
1. Nick Forester (Bates) def. Shen (MIT) 6-3, 6-1
2. Papacia (MIT) def. Gujarathi (Bates) 3-6, 6-3, 10-5
3. Kupferman (Bates) def. Antov (MIT) 6-2, 6-2
4. Danielson (Bates) def. Richter Jordaan (MIT) 6-4, 7-5
5. Kailas Kahler (MIT) def. Koide (Bates) 7-6 (3), 2-6, 10-4
6. Chakladar (MIT) def. Alexander Archer (Bates) 7-5, 7-5