NEW LONDON, Conn.-- No. 25 Bates College escaped Connecticut College with a 5-4 victory over the No. 30 Camels Friday night, highlighted by a thrilling five-game, come-from-behind triumph by first-year Maks Celm.

With the overall score knotted at 4-4, Celm, playing at the No. 5 position for the Bobcats and trailing 2-0 in his respective match, fired off unanswered wins of 11-2, 15-13, and 11-5 to dismiss both Noah Fish and his fellow Camels (6-9).

Ashton Monteiro, Max Good, Tad Koenigsbauer, and Gus Silverman accounted for Bates' other four points with each recording 3-0 decisions in leading the garnet and white to its second win on the season (2-9).

The Bobcats immediately return to action Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. in Middletown, Conn. with a visit to No. 27 Wesleyan University.

No. 25 Bates 5, No. 30 Connecticut College 4
Friday, January 26, 2024 in New London, Conn.

1. Luis Alejandro Moncada Gonzalez (Conn. College) def. Alec Spiro (Bates) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7
2. Hudson Dunn (Conn. College) def. Labeeb Ali (Bates) 11-7, 11-5, 11-5
3. Samuel Lovejoy (Conn. College) def. Nicolai Boe (Bates) 7-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-7
4. Ashton Monteiro (Bates) def. Henry Pelletier (Conn. College) 11-8, 11-4, 11-8
5. Maks Clem (Bates) def. Noah Fish (Conn. College) 11-13, 10-12, 11-2, 15-13, 11-5
6. Max Good (Bates) def. Ryan Mach (Conn. College)
7. Tad Koenigsbauer (Bates) def. Peter Russell (Conn. College)  11-7, 11-2, 11-4
8. Alexander Lorenzo-Cruz (Conn. College) def. Philip Han (Bates) 13-11, 11-7, 11-6
9. Gus Silverman (Bates) def. Timothy First (Conn. College) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8

Bates (2-9), Connecticut College (6-9)