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Nicky Desai (pictured) teamed with Ben Adey to earn a first-round doubles triumph in this weekend's Wallach Invitational.

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Danielson, Kosyagin, Sardain Record Singles Victories for Bates as Two-Day Wallach Invite Comes to Close

LEWISTON, Maine (Wallach Tennis Center) --  Bates College hosted its annual Wallach Invitational this weekend as players from Bowdoin College, Colby College, Trinity College, and the Bobcats squared off over the two-day event.

Matthew Danielson, Theo Sardain, and Phillippe Kosyagin recorded singles victories for Bates while the doubles tandem of Ben Adey and Nicky Desai collected a win in their first match of the event.

Danielson, received a first-round bye in "A" singles before defeating Trinity's Enrico Buoro (6-0, 6-4) in the round of 16. The Bobcats' senior captain advanced to the quarterfinals where he was ultimately defeated by Joey Barrett of Colby College by scores of 6-3, 6-4. 

Sardain, also competing in "A" singles, came out of his respective first-round bye and played two of the most thrilling matches of the event. The sophomore survived his initial contest by defeating Ethan Bradley of Bowdoin College, 6-4, 3-6 (10-4), in the round of 16. It would be another lengthy battle for Sardain in the quarterfinals where he eventually succumbed to Andrew Mendelson (Bowdoin) by scores of 1-6, 6-3 (4-10).

Kosyagin, playing in "B" singles, also earned a first-round bye and proceeded to knock off Sriram Das (Colby) 6-3, 6-3 in the round of 16. Moving on to the quarterfinals, Mick Tamas (Bowdoin) dismissed Kosyagin, 6-0, 6-4.

In doubles action, Adey and Desai enjoyed a first-round bye before sending off Trinity's Kartik Erodula and Bud Fisher in the round of 16, 8-3. Colby's Barrett and Paul Dandler would proceed to defeat the Bobcat duo by a score of 8-4 in the quarters.

A complete ledger of results can be found here.





 
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Players Mentioned

Ben Adey

Ben Adey

6' 1"
Junior
Matthew Danielson

Matthew Danielson

6' 4"
Senior
Nicky Desai

Nicky Desai

5' 4"
Senior
Theo Sardain

Theo Sardain

6' 1"
Sophomore
Phillippe Kosyagin

Phillippe Kosyagin

6' 5"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Ben Adey

Ben Adey

6' 1"
Junior
Matthew Danielson

Matthew Danielson

6' 4"
Senior
Nicky Desai

Nicky Desai

5' 4"
Senior
Theo Sardain

Theo Sardain

6' 1"
Sophomore
Phillippe Kosyagin

Phillippe Kosyagin

6' 5"
First Year