CLAREMONT, Calif.—The 11th-ranked Babson College men's tennis team opened its trip to southern California with a pair of victories on Wednesday. The Beavers started with a 6-1 win over Whitman College and then defeated Colorado College, 5-2. 

Babson, which has won five of its first six matches this spring, improves to 7-1 on the season. Whitman slips to 8-3 with the loss and Colorado College had its four-match winning streak snapped and is now 4-2 on the year. 

Babson 6, Whitman 1
Senior Alexander Merson (Palisades Park, N.J.) and sophomore Sebastian Mendoza (Weston, Fla.) recorded victories in both singles and doubles to help the Beavers defeat the Blues. Merson paired with first-year Maxim Zlobinsky (Greenvale, N.Y.) to record a 6-3 win at number one doubles, while Mendoza and graduate student Ryan Patrick (Darien, Conn.) secured the doubles point with a 6-2 triumph at number three. 

Merson was a 7-6, 6-3 winner at number one singles, sophomore Edward Wang (Burr Ridge, Ill.) posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory at number two and Mendoza cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 triumph at number three. Babson also earned points in less than an hour in the final two singles matches as first-year Rishi Batlanki (Monroe Township, N.J.) rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 decision at number five, while classmate Max Lidman (Stockholm, Sweden) coasted to a 6-0, 6-3 win at number six. 

Babson 5, Colorado College 2
The Green and White swept all three doubles matches to record the first point of the match, highlighted by Merson and Zlobinsky posting a 6-3 result at number one. Mendoza and Wang were 6-1 winners at number two and Batlanki and senior Martin Mejia (Cali, Colombia) secured the sweep with a 7-5 victory at number three. 

Zlobinsky rolled to a 6-2, 6-2 win at number two singles, and the Green and White claimed each of the final three singles matches in straight sets. First-year Dylan O'Connell-DeCerchio (Santa Monica, Calif.) was a 6-3, 7-6 winner at number four, sophomore Mason Nguyen (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) won 6-2, 6-4 at number five and first-year Sourish Ghadi (Morganville, N.J.) posted a 6-2, 6-2 victory at number six. 

Mendoza won the opening set before dropping a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 decision to Dominik Kaminski of Colorado College at number one, while Batlanki suffered a three-set loss to Lennart Lehmitz at number three. 

Babson returns to action on Friday when it faces No. 2 Chicago in the opening round of the Stag-Hen Invitational in Claremont, Calif.