CLAREMONT, Calif. – The Bowdoin College men's tennis team closed out its first week of spring break with a pair of wins over nationally-ranked opponents to remain a perfect 5-0 on the young season. The 12^th-ranked Polar Bears defeated 25^th-ranked University of Redlands and 18^th-ranked Pomona Pitzer in consecutive days.
 
Redlands Highlights

• Bowdoin dominated doubles play and cruised in singles en route to an 8-1 win over Redlands on Thursday.
• Tristan Bradley/Reid Staples (8-5), Pieter Breuker/Ethan Bradley (8-6) and Jack Flores/Andrew Mendelson (8-3) swept the doubles session for the Polar Bears.
• In singles play, Bowdoin put it away with straight-set wins from Staples, Mark Kneiss and Ethan Bradley.

Pomona Pitzer Highlights

• In their tightest match of the trip so far, Bowdoin took a 2-1 lead following doubles play thanks to wins from Tristan Bradley/Staples (8-1) and Breuker/Ethan Bradley (8-5).
• In singles play, Tristan Bradley and Mark Kneiss took quick wins to put Bowdoin on the brink of the win.
• Ethan Bradley closed it out, rallying from a 4-3 second set deficit to take a 6-3, 6-4 win to clinch it for the Polar Bears.

Up Next

• Bowdoin will enjoy an off weekend before a busy flurry of action to close out their trip. The Polar Bears will face ninth-ranked Johns Hopkins and 13^th-ranked CalTech on Tuesday before battling second-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Wednesday.