Brunswick, Maine – The fifth-seeded Trinity College men's tennis team fell to host and No. 4 seed Bowdoin, 5-1, on Friday afternoon in the opening round of the 2014 NESCAC  Tournament at Maine Pines Tennis Club.

With the win, the Polar Bears improve to 11-8 on the season and advance to take on top-seeded Middlebury tomorrow afternoon. The loss snapped a two-match winning streak for the Bantams as they move to 9-8 overall.

Trinity earned the first point of the match as the duo of Daniel Carpenter (Wayzata, Minn.) and David Myers (Winnetka, Ill.) scored an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles. Bowdoin bounced back to tie the match at one as their tandem won, 8-4, at No. 3. The doubles point was decided in a hard-fought battle at No. 2 as Bowdoin's Noah Bragg and Kyle Wolstencroft outlasted Trinity's Musyoka Mbithi (Orange, N.J.) and Ford Traff (Wayzata, Minn.) for a 9-7 triumph.

In singles play, the Polar Bears took matches at No. 3, No. 2 and No. 5. At No. 4, Mbithi was tied at six in the first set with Chris Lord.

Bowdoin 5, Trinity 1
Doubles
1. Daniel Carpenter/David Myers (T) def. Luke Trinka/Sam King (B), 8-6
2. Noah Bragg/Kyle Wolstencroft (B) def. Musyoka Mbithi/Ford Traff (T), 9-7
3. Chase Savage/Chris Lord (B) def. Rutendo Matingo/Ilya Levin (T), 8-4

Singles
1. Noah Bragg (B) unfinished Daniel Carpenter (T), 6-2, 3-2
2. Luke Trinka (B) def. Ned Mandel (T), 6-0, 6-3
3. Sam King (B) def. Rutendo Matingo (T), 6-0, 6-0
4. Chris Lord (B) unfinished Musyoka Mbithi, 6-6
5. Kyle Wolstencroft (B) def. Ford Traff (T), 6-2, 6-2
6. Hugh Mo (B) unfinished Kayong Lee (T), 6-2, 2-1