SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Bates College men's tennis concluded its two-match road trip Saturday as the Bobcats experienced a 6-1 setback at No. 39 Skidmore College.
Despite the final outcome,
Eric Diop collected a straight-set win at No. 3 singles to earn Bates its lone point. The first-year swept Skidmore's Fletcher King by the score of 7-5, 6-3.
Remaining singles results include:
(#1) Yuval Goodman (Skidmore) def.
Phillippe Kosyagin (Bates) 6-3, 6-1
(#2) Griffin Biernat (Skidmore) def.
Theo Sardain (Bates) 7-6, 6-3
(#4) Nika Mori (Skidmore) def.
Ben Adey (Bates) 6-3, 6-0
(#5) Kyle Lundberg (Skidmore) def.
Tylan Ozkuzey (Bates) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
(#6) Adel Aissaoui (Skidmore) def.
Nicolas Ozer (Bates) 6-2, 6-1
The Thoroughbreds (6-4) swept all three doubles matches to secure the initial point of the day.
(#1) Yuval Goodman/Griffin Biernat (Skidmore) def.
Phillippe Kosyagin/
Theo Sardain (Bates) 6-2
(#2) Fletcher King/Nika Mori (Skidmore) def.
Ben Adey/
Evangelo Kapothanasis (Bates) 7-5
(#3) Harrison Gradin/Kyle Lundberg (Skidmore) def.
Nicolas Ozer/J
ames Sacco (Bates) 7-5
Bates (3-8) sees its next action on Sunday, Mar. 30 as the Bobcats host No. 6 Middlebury (2:00 p.m.) in Merrill Gymnasium.