AMHERST, Mass. – The Trinity College men's tennis team lost 9-0 to New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) foe, Amherst College on Wednesday afternoon at the Amherst Tennis Courts. The loss shifts the Bantams to 5-7 overall with an 2-5 mark in the conference while the Mammoths improve to 8-6 (4-3 NESCAC). Trinity resumes action Saturday at 2 p.m. when it hosts Middlebury College and Amherst takes on fellow NESCAC school Hamilton College same day, same time. Senior captain Ross DeRose was the lone Bantam to earn a set victory on the day, winning the first set over Amherst College's No. 1 player Damien Ruparel, 6-4.

RESULTS
Singles
No. 1 A - Damien Ruparel def. Ross DeRose, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0
No. 2 A - Harris Foulkes def. Henry Bilicic, 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 A - Ed Opie def. Eduardo Sanchez-Carrion, 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 A - Sujit Chepuri def. Jack Ginter, 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 A - Kobe Ellenbogen def. Charles Kilborn, 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 A - William Turchetta def. Dylan Powell, 6-4, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 A - Chepuri / Ruparel def. DeRose / Powell, 8-1
No. 2 A - Elias / Ellenbogen def. Bilicic / Ginter, 8-2
No. 3 A - Rhinelander / Ostrow def. Sanchez-Carrion / Rutledge, 8-7