BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Alexander Gujarathi had a hand in two of the Bobcats' three points Wednesday as #35 Bates College suffered a 6-3 defeat at #12 Bowdoin College in a competitive NESCAC men's tennis tilt.

The victors improve to 9-2 on the season (4-1 NESCAC) while the garnet and white drops to 5-8 (2-6 NESCAC).

Gujarathi (Plymouth, Mass.), along with doubles partner Cam Davis-Kania (Sr.-Middlefield, Conn.), secured a thrilling 8-7 triumph over Bowdoin's Tristan Bradley and Reid Staples at the No. 1 position. The Bates junior followed that effort with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 comeback win over Staples at No. 2 singles play.

The Bobcats' other win of the afternoon came at No. 3 doubles with Nick Forester (Sr.-Falmouth, Maine) and Teddy Koide (Sr.-Morristown, N.J.) sending off Evan Fortier and Mark Kneiss, 8-5.

Remaining results include:

Doubles
(#3) Ethan Bradley/Pieter Breuker (Bowdoin) def. Matthew Danielson/Leo Kupferman (Bates): 8-3

Singles
(#1) Bradley (Bowdoin) def. Davis-Kania (Bates): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
(#3) Breuker (Bowdoin) def. Kupferman (Bates): 6-4, 6-4
(#4) Kneiss (Bowdoin) def. Forester (Bates): 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
(#5) Bradley (Bowdoin) def. Koide (Bates): 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
(#6) Fortier (Bowdoin) def. Danielson (Bates): 6-1, 6-2

The Bobcats return to campus this Saturday with a 10:00 a.m. home contest vs. Connecticut College in the Wallach Tennis Center.