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No. 32 Men's Tennis Set for Three Matches in Three Days Beginning Saturday

Beavers Host Brandeis and No. 18 Mary Washington on Saturday and Sunday Before Visiting Coast Guard on Monday

No. 32 Men's Tennis vs. Brandeis | Saturday, April 13 | 11 a.m. | Babson Tennis Courts | Babson Park, Mass. 
vs. No. 18 Mary Washington | Sunday, April 14 | 10 a.m. | Babson Tennis Courts | Babson Park, Mass. 
at Coast Guard | Monday, April 15 | 3:30 p.m. | CGA Tennis Courts | New London, Conn.

WHAT TO KNOW

•    After playing just one match over the first two weeks of April, Babson will play three times over three days beginning on Saturday morning. 
•    The Beavers host non-conference matches against Brandeis and Mary Washington on Saturday and Sunday before traveling to Coast Guard for a key NEWMAC contest. 

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Brandeis

•    Babson is 5-20 versus the Judges going back to 1995 and picked up their first win in the series since 2003 last season. 
•    Brooks Green M'23, juniors Brady Anderson and Wesley Zhang and Luis Utrilla all recorded victories in singles and doubles as the Beavers defeated Brandeis, 7-2, on March 31, 2023. 

vs. Mary Washington 
•    First meeting 

vs. Coast Guard
•    Babson is 23-7 against the Bears going back to 2001.
•    The Beavers have won 15 of the last 16 matches between the teams but suffered a 6-3 loss in their last visit to New London on April 15, 2022. 
•    The Green and White defeated Coast Guard twice last season, which includes a 5-1 victory in the NEWMAC Tournament semifinals on April 22. 

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 32 Babson (7-8, 3-1 NEWMAC) suffered a 6-3 loss at No. 29 MIT to snap its three-match winning streak on Wednesday. 
•    Junior Ole Lepsoe won 6-3, 6-2 at number two singles, senior Jose Gonzalez was a 6-2, 6-2 winner at number five singles and Zhang posted a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 victory at number six singles for the Beavers, who lost a pair of close matches in doubles. 
•    Graduate student Jonah Wilson (11-4) has not played since February 17, Gonzalez is 11-11 overall with two wins apiece at third and fifth singles, first-year Kerem Ozlale is 10-7 overall and 6-3 in dual matches, and graduate student Andrew Watson has gone 3-2 at number four singles this spring.
•    Watson is 6-7 in dual match doubles while the duo of Zhang and first-year Logan Back have gone 2-2 at number three for the Green and White, which has used 20 different doubles pairings in its 15 dual matches. 
 
SCOUTING THE JUDGES
•    Brandeis (1-10) has dropped its last five matches and is coming off a 5-4 loss to Coast Guard on Wednesday. 
•    Dylan Walters and Pierce Garbett won a tiebreaker at number one doubles and posted victories at first and third singles, respectively, for the Judges, who dropped matches at third doubles and sixth singles by default. 
•    Walters, who is ranked fifth in the Northeast region, is 14-6 overall and 8-4 at number one singles, while Garbett is 9-7 in all matches and 4-0 at number three singles. 
•    Walters and Garbett have gone 3-4 at number one doubles and the duo of Harrison Huai and Huasen Dong are 1-3 at number two. 

SCOUTING THE EAGLES
•    No. 18 Mary Washington (11-4) has split its last four matches and is coming off a 9-0 victory over Pfeiffer last Saturday. 
•    Trevor Rein and Jack Riordan both collected points in singles and doubles for the Eagles, who won all six singles matches in straight sets. 
•    Rein is 15-7 overall with eight wins at third and fourth singles, Artis Hart is 13-8 in all matches and Brock Ladehoff is 12-10 overall and 7-3 at number two singles. 
•    The Atlantic region's third-ranked duo of Peter Leese and Rishi Charan Shankar are 12-2 at number one doubles, Ladehoff and Rein are 5-2 at number two and the duo of Hart and Riordan have gone 4-3 at number three this spring. 

SCOUTING THE BEARS
•    Coast Guard (6-2, 1-0 NEWMAC), which faces No. 29 MIT on Saturday, has won its last six matches after defeating Brandeis, 5-4, on Wednesday. 
•    Sean Dreher and Ben Bonetto won in a tiebreaker at number two doubles and Bonetto and Charles Norman added victories in singles for the Bears, who won by default at number three doubles and number six singles. 
•    Myles Decoste is ranked 15th in the Northeast region in singles and he and Norman are ranked ninth in doubles for Coast Guard, which is 0-2 on the year against nationally-ranked foes. 

OLD FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE
•    Watson, who graduated from Mary Washington last May, will take on a number of his former teammates when the Beavers face the Eagles on Sunday. 
•    He went 11-7 at number two singles and 9-7 alongside Shankar at number two doubles to help Mary Washington reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season. 

NOTABLE
•    The Beavers have been victorious in four straight matches at both number two, number five and number six singles. 
•    Babson has earned points in three of its last four outings at both number one and three doubles. 
•    The Green and White is 6-1 this season against opponents outside the ITA Top 40 with the lone loss coming to Division I Bryant back in early February. 

RACE TO THE FINISH
•    Including this weekend's matches, the Beavers will play six times over a stretch of nine days between April 13-21 to conclude the regular season. 

 
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Players Mentioned

Brooks Green

Brooks Green

Graduate Student
Luis Utrilla

Luis Utrilla

Freshman
Brady Anderson

Brady Anderson

Junior
Jose Gonzalez

Jose Gonzalez

Senior
Ole Lepsoe

Ole Lepsoe

Junior
Wesley Zhang

Wesley Zhang

Junior
Andrew  Watson

Andrew Watson

Graduate Student
Jonah Wilson

Jonah Wilson

Graduate Student
Logan Back

Logan Back

Freshman
Kerem Ozlale

Kerem Ozlale

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Brooks Green

Brooks Green

Graduate Student
Luis Utrilla

Luis Utrilla

Freshman
Brady Anderson

Brady Anderson

Junior
Jose Gonzalez

Jose Gonzalez

Senior
Ole Lepsoe

Ole Lepsoe

Junior
Wesley Zhang

Wesley Zhang

Junior
Andrew  Watson

Andrew Watson

Graduate Student
Jonah Wilson

Jonah Wilson

Graduate Student
Logan Back

Logan Back

Freshman
Kerem Ozlale

Kerem Ozlale

Freshman