HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Bates men's tennis team battled Trinity in a close contest Sunday in NESCAC action, falling 5-3 to the Bantams.

Trinity (4-4, 1-2 NESCAC) won all three doubles matches, which proved to be key as the Bobcats (3-6, 1-3 NESCAC) rallied in singles play.

Sophomore Alexander Gujarathi (Plymouth, Mass.) defeated Trinity's Henry Bilicic 7-6 (4), 6-4 at No. 2 singles and junior Leo Kupferman (Montclair, N.J.) won in straight sets as well, 7-5, 6-1 at No. 3 singles over Eduardo Sanchez-Carrion. 

Meanwhile, sophomore Alexander Archer (Austin, Texas) made things really interesting with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Dylan Powell at No. 6 singles.

But a pair of three-set wins for the Bantams was enough to clinch the match. Junior captain Nick Forester (Falmouth, Maine) fell at No. 1 singles to Ross Derose by a count of 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4) and sophomore Matthew Danielson (St. Petersburg, Fla.) came up just short at No. 4 singles in a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4) loss to Trinity's Jack Ginter.

Due to time constraints and Trinity having narrowly clinched the match, the No. 5 singles match between junior captain Teddy Koide (Morristown, N.J.) and Charles Kilborn was not completed. The two split the first two sets and Kilborn led 3-0 in the third when it was suspended. 

The Bobcats return to action next Sunday at 2pm when they visit Wesleyan.

Trinity 5, Bates 3
April 3, 2022 at Hartford, Conn.

Doubles
1. Ross Derose/Dylan Powell (Trinity) def. Alexander Gujarathi/Matthew Danielson (Bates) 8-6
2. Henry Bilicic/Jack Ginter (Trinity) def. Leo Kupferman/Teddy Koide (Bates) 8-2
3. Pierce Rutledge/Eduardo Sanchez-Carrion (Trinity) def. Paul Zhou/Nikesh Desai (Bates) 8-4

Singles
1. Derose (Trinity) def. Nick Forester (Bates) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
2. Gujarathi (Bates) def. Bilicic (Trinity) 7-6 (4), 6-4
3. Kupferman (Bates) def. Sanchez-Carrion (Trinity) 7-5, 6-1
4. Ginter (Trinity) def. Danielson (Bates) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4)
5. Charles Kilborn (Trinity) vs. Koide (Bates) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 3-0 (DNF)
6. Alexander Archer (Bates) def. Powell (Trinity) 7-6 (4), 6-4