Box Score NORTON, Mass.— All six players for No. 33 Babson College registered points in both singles and doubles as the Beavers breezed to a 7-2 victory over Wheaton College in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's tennis action Wednesday afternoon at the Clark Tennis Courts.
With the victory, Babson has won four consecutive matches and seven out of its last eight to improve to 11-8 overall and 5-1 in the NEWMAC. Wheaton had a two-match winning streak stopped and dropped to 7-9 overall and 2-4 in conference play.
Graduate student
Jonah Wilson (Gilbert, Ariz.) and junior
Ole Lepsoe (Oslo, Norway) led the way for the Beavers. Wilson dropped just one game for an easy win at number one singles and paired with first-year
Kerem Ozlale (Istanbu, Turkey) for an 8-1 victory at number two doubles. Lepsoe won in straight sets at second singles and teamed up with first-year
Logan Back (Busan, South Korea) for an 8-4 triumph at number one doubles. First-years
Brandon Reznik (Boca Raton, Fla.) and
Mattias Harrell (Oslo, Norway) were winners at number three doubles and in the bottom two singles slots.
The Beavers opened the match with a clean sweep in doubles as Wilson and Ozlale defeated first-year Paul Berteaux (Courbevoie, France) and senior Eli Hanlon (Branford, Conn.) at number two, 8-1; Reznik and Harrell bounced first-years Calvin Van Dyke (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Jack Thain (The Woodlands, Texas) at number three, 8-2; and Lepsoe and Back got past first-years Jaime Galligo (Madrid, Spain) and Jake Murray (San Diego, Calif.) at number one, 8-4.
Harrell opened singles play with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep over Thain at number six; Wilson and Back had no trouble with Galligo and Van Dyke at numbers one and four, respectively, both by 6-0, 6-1 scores; and Oslale cruised past Murray at number three, 6-0, 6-2. Reznik eased past Hanlon at number five, and Berteaux had the best performance for Wheaton at number two but was defeated by Lepsoe, 6-2, 7-5.
With the victory, the Green and White have posted an 18-3 regular season record against NEWMAC foes over the past three seasons.
The Beavers will be at home at the Babson Tennis Courts for the final weekend of the regular season, hosting Springfield in a NEWMAC match on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and Hobart in a non-conference match Sunday at 10 a.m. Wheaton plays its final regular season match Saturday at Coast Guard at 12 p.m.
