No. 9 Men's Tennis vs. Emerson
Wednesday, April 8 | 2:30 p.m. 
Babson Tennis Courts | Babson Park, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    Babson is 14-0 all-time against the Lions in a series that dates back to 2008.
•    The Beavers have blanked Emerson eight times over the last 11 matches between the teams. 

LAST MEETING
•    Alexander Weber '25, senior Alexander Merson, junior Mattias Harrell and sophomore Edward Wang all recorded victories in both singles and doubles to help the Beavers defeat the Emerson, 6-1, on October 18, 2024, in Babson Park. 
•    Weber and Harrell were 6-1 winners at number two doubles, while Wang and Merson won 6-3 at number one doubles before recording victories at first and second singles, respectively, for Babson.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
•    No. 9 Babson (10-3, 2-0 NEWMAC) has won back-to-back matches and is coming off a 5-2 victory at Haverford on Saturday. 
•    Wang, sophomore Sebastian Mendoza and first-year Maxim Zlobinsky were all winners in both singles and doubles, and first-year Dylan O'Connell-DeCerchio recorded a straight-set victory at number six singles for the Beavers. 
•    Merson is 14-2 in all matches and 6-1 at number one singles, Wang (12-5) is 9-3 in dual matches with five wins at number two, Zlobinsky is 11-4 overall and 8-3 in dual matches, and Mendoza (10-6) has owns victories at first through fourth singles. 
•    Merson and Zlobinsky are 8-2 in all matches and 5-1 at number one doubles, Wang and Mendoza (20-6) have gone 5-2 this spring at number two and six different pairings have accounted for the team's seven victories at number three doubles, which includes junior Louis Bourn and first-year Max Lidman winning twice. 

SCOUTING THE LIONS
•    Emerson (7-6, 2-1 NEWMAC) has won two straight matches and are coming off a 6-1 victory over Coast Guard back on March 29. 
•    Filippo Nocchi at number one, Connor Leung at number two and Adam Alireza at number three all rallied for three-set victories in singles as five different players recorded wins in both singles and doubles for the Lions. 
•    Nocchi is 10-3 at number one singles, Leung is 9-3 at number two, Alireza (8-3) has won five consecutive matches at number three and Tai Finestone is 10-5 overall with five wins at number four singles. 
•    Nocchi and Leung are 10-3 at number one doubles, Finestone and Cameron McAllister are 5-2 at number two and the duo of Alireza and Ciaden Riebold are 8-2 in all matches and 5-0 at number three doubles. 

WANG AND MENDOZA CLAIM NEWMAC WEEKLY HONORS
•    Wang was selected as the league's singles player of the week for the second time this spring, while he and Mendoza garnered NEWMAC Doubles Team of the Week honors for the first time on Monday. 
•    Wang recorded straight-set victories at number two singles in the Beavers' wins over Wheaton and Haverford, while Mendoza and Wang dropped just three games while winning twice at number two doubles. 

MOVING UP THE CHARTS
•    Wang and Mendoza have won 20 doubles matches this season, which is just two shy of the program's single-season record of 22 set by Merson last year. 
•    Wang ranks ninth in Babson history in both singles (36) and combined wins (74), and is also 10th all-time in doubles wins (38), while Mendoza's 40 doubles victories are good for ninth on the program's career list. 
•    Merson's 68 combined wins over two seasons with the Beavers are good for 12th on the program's career list.

FURIOUS FINISH
•    After poor weather forced the postponement of matches against both MIT and Emerson last week, the Beavers begin a stretch of four contests versus league foes over eight days beginning on Wednesday. 
•    Following the match against Emerson, the Beavers will host Clark on Saturday and No. 25 MIT next Tuesday before traveling to Coast Guard a day later.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
•    The Beavers currently own an 11-match winning streak against NEWMAC foes dating back to the start of last season.
•    Babson is 8-1 this season when winning the doubles point on the year. 
•    The Green and White has won 15 straight matches at the Babson Tennis Courts dating back to April 22, 2023. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers step away from conference play to travel to No. 21 Amherst on Friday at 3:30 p.m.