Claremont, Calif. - The Trinity College Bantams battled the No. 13-ranked Bowdoin College Polar Bears in a neutral-site men's tennis match at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges this evening, falling, 6-3 in their New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) opener. Trinity, which took two of three doubles matches, drops to 3-3 and the Polar Bears improve to 3-4 overall and 1-0 in the league.
Trinity junior tri-captain Dan Carpenter (Wayzata, Minn.) dusted Noah Bragg, in the first set of the No. 1 singles match, 6-1, and pulled out a 7-6 win in the second set, but the Polar Bears won all five of the other singles matches to colect the victory.
MATCH RESULTS
Doubles
1. B- Sam King/Kyke Wolstencroft d. Dan Carpenter/Ned Mandel, 8-3
2. TC- Musyoka Mbithi/Ford Traff d. Chase Savage/Luke Trinka, 8-3
3. TC- Ilya Levin/Rutendo Matingo d. Eric Chien/Peter Davis, 8-3
Singles
1. TC- Carpenter d. Noah Bragg, 6-1, 7-6
2. B- Trinka d. Matingo, 6-1, 6-2
3. B- King d. Mandel, 6-2, 6-3
4. B- Chris Lord d. Mbithi, 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
5. B- Wolstencroft d. Levin, 6-4, 7-6
6. B- Savage d. David Myers, 6-3, 7-5
Bowdoin 6, Trinity (Conn.) 3
