LEWISTON, Maine - The Bates men's tennis team welcomed competitors from Brandeis, Colby and Trinity to the Wallach Tennis Center Saturday and Sunday for the annual Wallach Invitational, featuring two days of singles and doubles competition.

Max Olson (Fy.) led the way for Bates, posting a 3-0 singles record. Olson defeated Trinity's Maximo Lopina, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 10-8, and Colby's Sean Wang, 6-2, 6-2, on Saturday before closing with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Alexander Georgiev of Brandeis.

Tair Sarmanov captured a pair of singles victories. The first-year opened the event by defeating Trinity's Dean Jackson, 6-1, 6-3, and Colby's Owen Lauw, 6-1, 6-1, on Saturday. 

Rocco Regnier (So.) also secured two wins in singles, earning a 1-6, 6-4, 10-1 comeback victory over Colby's Eli Linn on Saturday and a 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 win against Brandeis' Aidan Wang Fan on Sunday.

Owen Kizer (Fy.) enjoyed a strong weekend, defeating Trinity's Kunal Amara, 6-1, 6-4, (Saturday) and Brandeis' Oliver Lorenz, 6-3, 6-3, on Sunday.

In doubles, Phillippe Kosyagin (Sr.) and Sarmanov posted victories over Trinity's Max Golubenko and Luca Garbati (6-1) and Brandeis' Pierce Garbett and Aidan Wang Fan (6-4). 

The Wallach Invitational concludes Bates' fall season.