LEWISTON, Maine -- Bates College welcomed #6 Bowdoin College to the Wallach Tennis Center Thursday where the visiting Polar Bears collected an 8-1 NESCAC road victory over the host-Bobcats.

The tandem of Matthew Danielson and Phillippe Kosyagin accounted for the lone point for Bates as the duo defeated Ethan Bradley and Jackson Codd, 8-7 (7-2) in a #2 doubles battle.

Bowdoin's Tristian Bradley and Reid Staples secured an 8-5 win vs. Alexander Gujarathi and Theo Sardain at #1 doubles, while Aden Dorros and Mick Tamas edged Ben Adey and Nicky Desai, 8-7 (7-3) at #3.

In singles play, the aforementioned Desai opened his match in the #4 slot with a 6-4 win in the first set before falling to Ethan Bradley 6-3, 1-0 (12-10). Teammate Alex Park also won his first game by a 6-4 score at #5 before his opponent, Tamas, stormed back to win with victories of 6-2, 1-0 (10-3).

Other singles finals include:

(#1) Tristian Bradley (BOW) def. Gujarathi: 6-2, 6-1
(#2) Staples (BOW) def. Danielson: 6-1, 6-0
(#3) Pieter Breuker (BOW) def. Sardain: 6-3, 6-4
(#6) Jack Flores (BOW) def. Adey: 6-2. 6-1

Bowdoin, now a winner of four-straight outings, improves to 15-5 (6-2 NESCAC) on the year.

The Bobcats (3-12, 0-8 NESCAC) looks ahead to Saturday when the garnet and white hosts #17 Amherst at 10:00 a.m. in another NESCAC tilt.