HARTFORD, Conn. – The No. 53-ranked Trinity College men's tennis team earned a commanding 6-1 win over NESCAC foe Connecticut College on Saturday morning in the Trinity College Memorial Field House. With the victory, the Bantams improve to 6-4 overall and 1-4 in conference play, while the Camels drop to 10-6 overall and 1-4 in the NESCAC.

Trinity opened the match strong, sweeping all three doubles contests with identical 6-3 scores. The Bantams carried their momentum into singles play, where they secured five straight-set victories from John Pope, Luca Garbati, Axel Edstrom, Sam Park, and Benjamin Singer.

Andrew Nelson battled through a tight match at the No. 4 singles spot. After taking the first set 6-2, he dropped the second 2-6 and fell just short in the super tiebreaker, 4-6.

Match Results

Doubles

• Brandon Felcher / John Pope def. Walker Mulligan / Wolf Sohlberg (CC), 6-3

• Pierce Rutledge / Andrew Nelson def. Nikhil Agarwal / Arjun Premkumar (CC), 6-3

• Luca Garbati / Jack Ginter def. Krishh Tipnis / Jules Taylor-Ker (CC), 6-3

Singles

• John Pope def. Arjun Premkumar (CC), 7-6(0), 4-6, 7-5

• Luca Garbati def. Jules Taylor-Ker (CC), 6-4, 6-2

• Axel Edstrom def. Nikhil Agarwal (CC), 6-2, 6-2

• Wolf Sohlberg (CC) def. Andrew Nelson (T), 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

• Sam Park def. Walker Mulligan (CC), 6-4, 6-3

• Benjamin Singer def. Gavin Anderson (CC), 6-4, 6-3

The Bantams return to action on Sunday, when they host the Tufts University Jumbos at 10 a.m. in the Memorial Field House.

TRINITY ATHLETICS