Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men's tennis team dropped its second straight dual meet as visiting Bates College scored an 8-1 victory over the Lions on Wednesday.

The loss knocked TCNJ to 8-6 on the season, while the 29th-ranked Bobcats improved to 9-4.

Sophomore Dan Lee (Abington, PA/Abington) scored a win for the Lions at sixth singles as he earned the victory by the scores of 6-4 and 6-3. With that win, he improved to 16-4 on the year.

TCNJ is idle until Tuesday, April 27 when they host Haverford College.

#29 Bates College 8, The College of New Jersey 1
Singles competition
1. Amrit Rupasinghe (BATES) def. Steven Fernandez (TCNJMEN) 6-1, 6-1
2. Max Berger (BATES) def. Stewart Fernandez (TCNJMEN) 6-4, 6-1
3. Matt Bettles (BATES) def. Jonathan Yu (TCNJMEN) 6-3, 6-1
4. Mike Reiss (BATES) def. Dean Thompson (TCNJMEN) 6-1, 6-2
5. Rob Crampton (BATES) def. Keith Goldstein (TCNJMEN) 7-5, 6-4
6. Daniel Lee (TCNJMEN) def. Zach Fenno (BATES) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Amrit Rupasinghe/Matt Bettles (BATES) def. Steven Fernandez/Stewart Fernandez (TCNJMEN) 8-4
2. Max Berger/Jeffrey Beaton (BATES) def. TJ Riley/Dean Thompson (TCNJMEN) 8-3
3. Zach Fenno/Rob Crampton (BATES) def. Daniel Lee/Jonathan Yu (TCNJMEN) 8-4