BRUNSWICK, Maine - The 12th-ranked Williams College men's tennis team started strong and held off 13th-ranked Bowdoin, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon. The Ephs took two of three doubles matches and earned straight-set wins in four singles matches to clinch the win.

Bowdoin's Jamie Neely earned the lone singles point for Bowdoin at #4 and teamed with Stephen Sullivan to collect a point at #1 doubles. Sullivan played in easily the most competitive match of the afternoon, falling to Williams' Nick Lebedoff at court one in a thriller, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Williams 7, Bowdoin 2
Singles:
1)   Lebedoff (W) def. Sullivan (B) --- 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)
2)   Sun (W) def. Nicholas Fenichell (B) --- 6-0, 6-2
3)   Jeremy Weinberger (W) def. Anderson (B) --- 6-3, 6-3
4)   Neely (B)  def. Petrie (W) --- 6-4, 6-2
5)   Chow (W) def. Grindon (B) --- 6-4, 6-3
6)   Zach Weiss (W) def. Adam Davis --- 6-1, 6-4

Doubles:
1)   Jamie Neely/Stephen Sullivan (B) def. Dicken Chaplin/Bryan Chow (W) --- 8-1
2)   Nick Lebedoff/Will Petrie (W) def. Kent Winingham/Alex Jacobs (B) --- 8-6
3)   Felix Sun/Trey Meyer (W) def. Casey Grindon/Tyler Anderson (B) -- 8-4