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No. 18 Men's Tennis Extends Winning Streak to Five with Victories over No. 33 Grinnell and Whitman

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CLAREMONT, Calif.—The 18th-ranked Babson College men's tennis team concluded a stretch of five matches in three days with victories over No. 33 Grinnell College and Whitman College on Tuesday evening. 

The Beavers downed the Pioneers 6-1 and followed it up with a 7-0 sweep of the Blues. 

Babson has won five consecutive matches to improve to 10-1 overall. Grinnell has dropped its last six decisions to slip to 4-6 on the year, while Whitman is now 8-6. 

Babson 6, Grinnell 1
The Beavers took the doubles point by sweeping all three matches, highlighted by a 6-4 win at number one by senior Ole Lepsoe (Oslo, Norway) and junior Alexander Merson (Palisades Park, N.J.). Senior Brady Anderson (Rochester, N.Y.) and first-year Sebastian Mendoza (Weston, Fla.) were 6-3 winners at number two, while senior Wesley Zhang (Staten Island, N.Y.) and first-year Edward Wang (Burr Ridge, Ill.) outlasted the Pioneers' duo of Henry Park and Karch Kroll in a tiebreaker at number three, 7-6 (7-3).

Wang was a 6-2, 6-2 winner at number three singles, Merson cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory at number four and Zhang posted a 6-2, 6-2 triumph at number five singles. Lepsoe split the first two sets at number two against Lucas Willett before pulling away in a third-set tiebreaker for a 6-2, 3-6, 10-2 win, while Mendoza bounced back from dropping the second set to defeat Sam Ruedenberg 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 10-3 at number six. 

Grinnell earned its lone point of the match at number one singles where Wilder Cook outlasted Anderson 6-4, 3-6, 13-11. 

Babson 7, Whitman 0
The Green and White swept all three doubles contests for the third time in its last five matches to take a 1-0 lead over the Blues. Lepsoe and Merson edged Noah Baker and Alexander Stage 7-6 (7-3) at number one, Anderson and Mendoza were 6-3 winners at number two and Zhang and sophomore Louis Bourn (Geneva, Switzerland) recorded a 6-4 result at number three. 

The Beavers won five of the six singles matches in straight sets with the lone three-set decision coming at number one where Anderson topped Stage 7-5, 2-6, 10-7. Merson was a 6-0, 6-3 winner at number two, Zhang recorded a 6-4, 6-3 victory at number three and Mendoza won 6-1, 6-2 at number four. 

Bourn picked up his second victory of the match with a 6-0, 6-2 triumph at number five and sophomore Mattias Harrell (Oslo, Norway) cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win at number six. 

Babson is off on Wednesday before returning to action on Thursday at 2:45 p.m. ET against No. 24 North Carolina Wesleyan in Claremont, Calif.

 
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Players Mentioned

Brady Anderson

Brady Anderson

Junior
Ole Lepsoe

Ole Lepsoe

Junior
Wesley Zhang

Wesley Zhang

Junior
Mattias Harrell

Mattias Harrell

Freshman
Alexander Merson

Alexander Merson

Junior
Edward Wang

Edward Wang

Freshman
Sebastian Mendoza

Sebastian Mendoza

Freshman
Louis Bourn

Louis Bourn

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Brady Anderson

Brady Anderson

Junior
Ole Lepsoe

Ole Lepsoe

Junior
Wesley Zhang

Wesley Zhang

Junior
Mattias Harrell

Mattias Harrell

Freshman
Alexander Merson

Alexander Merson

Junior
Edward Wang

Edward Wang

Freshman
Sebastian Mendoza

Sebastian Mendoza

Freshman
Louis Bourn

Louis Bourn

Sophomore