Men's tennis wins at Eckerd College, 7-2
February 19, 2008

Rupasinghe

Mannelly

Beaton

Reiss

Sherman

Nielson
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Bates College men's tennis team opened the 2009 spring season on Thursday with a 7-2 victory over Division II Eckerd College.

The Bobcats (1-0) received points at No. 1 singles from junior Amrit Rupasinghe (Colombo, Sri Lanka), at No. 3 singles from junior captain Ryan Mannelly (New Canaan, Conn.), at No. 4 singles from first-year Jeff Beaton (Haverhill, Mass.), at No. 5 singles from junior Mike Reiss (Rockville Centre, N.Y.), at No. 6 singles from senior Mike Sherman (Huntington, N.Y.), at No. 2 doubles from Rupasinghe and Beaton, and at No. 3 doubles from Reiss and junior Adam Nielson (Den Haag, Netherlands).

Bates will next play at MIT on March 6 at 4 p.m.

Bates 7, Eckerd 2

Singles competition
1. Amrit Rupasinghe (BCM) def. Ben Maxwell (ECM) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. Hisashi Sato (ECM) def. Max Berger (BCM) 6-2, 6-1
3. Ryan Mannelly (BCM) def. Aaron Kleefield (ECM) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-3
4. Jeff Beaton (BCM) def. Alex McDonald (ECM) 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 7-6 (10-4)
5. Mike Reiss (BCM) def. Breen Eitel (ECM) 6-0, 6-1
6. Mike Sherman (BCM) def. William Weeks (ECM) 8-2

Doubles competition
1. Ben Maxwell/Hisashi Sato (ECM) def. Max Berger/Ryan Mannelly (BCM) 9-8 (7-5)
2. Amrit Rupasinghe/Jeff Beaton (BCM) def. Alex McDonald/Aaron Kleefield (ECM) 8-1
3. Mike Reiss/Adam Nielson (BCM) def. Breen Eitel/William Weeks (ECM) 8-2