Hartford, Conn. - The Trinity College Bantams swept the bottom half of the singles ladder to turn a 3-3 tie into a 6-3 victory over the visiting Bates College Bobcats in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's tennis action this afternoon inside the Ferris Athletic Center Field House.  Trinity improves to 8-7 overall and ends its NESCAC slate at 4-4, while snapping a four-match losing skid.  Bates drops to 7-9 overall and 3-4 in the league with its first loss in three matches.

Trinity led, 2-1, after doubles play highlighted by an 8-1 victory by junior Musyoka Mbithi (Orange, N.J.) and sophomore Ford Traff (Wayzata, Minn.) at the No. 2 spot.  The Bobcats took two of the first three singles matches to tie the match at 3-3, before Traff won in straight sets at No. 5 to give Trinity a 4-3 lead.  Mbithi won a closely contested No. 4 match for the clinching point, and senior tri-captain Kayong Lee (Villanova, Pa.) made his season debut, after missing almost his entire senior season with an injury, with a 6-2, 6-4 triumph at No. 6 singles.

MATCH RESULTS
Doubles
1. B- Timmy Berg/Pierre Planche d. Daniel Carpenter/David Myers, 9-8
2. TC- Ford Traff/Musyoka Mbithi d. Ben Bogard/Peter Yanofsky, 8-1
3. TC- Rutendo Matingo/Ilya Levin d. Eric Ruta/Henry Lee, 8-5
Singles
1. B- Berg d. Carpenter, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
2. B- Planche d. Ned Mandel, 6-4, 6-4
3. TC- Matingo d. Lee, 6-3, 6-2
4. TC- Mbithi d. Brent Feldman, 6-4, 7-5
5. TC- Traff d. Patrick Ordway, 6-3, 6-2
6. TC- Kayong Lee d. Bogard, 6-2, 6-4
Trinity (Conn.) 6, Bates 3