Thursday, March 20 | No. 18 Men's Tennis vs. No. 24 North Carolina Wesleyan | 2:45 p.m. EDT | Claremont, Calif. 
Friday, March 21 | at No. 32 Chapman | 4 p.m. EDT | Orange, Calif.

WHAT TO KNOW
•    After winning five matches over three days to begin its trip to southern California, the Babson men's tennis team will conclude its visit to the west coast with a pair of matches against nationally-ranked foes on Thursday and Friday. 

SERIES HISTORY
vs. NC Wesleyan: First meeting
vs. Chapman: Babson is 0-1 against the Panthers after dropping a 6-3 decision in March 2022.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 18 Babson (10-1) has won five consecutive matches for the second time this season after cruising past Whitman 7-0 on Tuesday night. 
•    Senior Wesley Zhang, junior Alexander Merson, sophomore Louis Bourn and first-year Sebastian Mendoza all were victorious in doubles and posted straight-set wins in singles for the Beavers, who have dropped just one point over their last four outings. 
•    Senior Brady Anderson is 6-3 at number one and two singles, first-year Edward Wang is 16-2 overall and 4-1 at number three, Zhang is 5-0 in dual matches and Mendoza (11-6) and Merson (8-5) have both won their last four singles matches. 
•    Senior Ole Lepsoe and Merson are 4-1 at number one doubles, Anderson and Mendoza are 4-1 with four straight wins at number two and the duo of Wang and Zhang is 4-3 overall with three wins at number three. 

SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN
•    The Battling Bishops (5-4) have dropped two of their last three matches after suffering a 6-1 loss to eighth-ranked Bowdoin on Wednesday. 
•    Luca Kinese and Albert Sitwell were 6-4 winners at number one doubles and Bohdan Zhylchuk recorded a 6-3, 7-6 victory at number three singles for NC Wesleyan, which is now 2-2 this spring against top-25 opponents. 
•    Knese is 12-5 overall and 4-2 at number one and two singles, Zhylchuk is 9-4 with three wins at number three singles and Diego Segovia is 8-7 overall and 1-2 at number one this spring. 
•    Knese and Sitwell (9-3) have won five straight matches at number on doubles and the Battling Bishops are 4-4 at number two and 3-5 at number three doubles this spring. 

SCOUTING CHAPMAN
•    The Panthers (1-6) have dropped their last five matches after suffering a 6-1 loss to No. 2 Chicago on Wednesday afternoon. 
•    Caleb Wilkins, who is 37th in the ITA Division III singles rankings, is 5-1 this spring at number one singles, while Aram Izmirian has gone 2-3 at number two. 
•    Wilkins and Ben Jorgenson are 3-3 at number one doubles, while Izmirian and Andy Hess are 2-1 at number three this spring. 

STREAKING BEAVERS
•    Babson's five-match winning streak includes three victories over nationally-ranked foes in No. 6 Middlebury, No. 32 Salisbury and No. 33 Grinnell. 
•    The Beavers secured the doubles point and the first three completed singles matches at Nos. 4-6 in the win over the Panthers on the way to earning the highest ranked victory in program history. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    During its current five-match winning streak, the Green and White is unbeaten in fourth, fifth and sixth singles. 
•    Babson is also a perfect 5-0 at number one and number two doubles. 
•    Dating back to the start of last season, the Beavers are 7-9 versus top-40 opponents, a mark that includes a pair of wins over top-20 foes this season (No. 6 Middlebury, No. 18 Rensselaer). 

UP NEXT
•    After concluding its west coast trip on Friday, Babson will return home to face Salve Regina on March 29 at 10:30 a.m.