BABSON PARK, Mass. – The Wheaton College (Mass.) men's tennis team was defeated by host No. 13 Babson College, 7-0, this afternoon in New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference play at Babson Tennis Court in Babson Park, Mass.

The Lyons slip to 3-10 overall and 2-4 in NEWMAC play, while the Beavers, who are ranked in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association national poll, have won four in a row and 10 of their last 11 to improve to 15-2 and a perfect 5-0 in league action.

Babson dropped just one game, while winning all three doubles matches to earn the first point of the dual match. The home team won all six singles contests in straight sets and surrendered three or fewer games in five of them.

Wheaton's number one doubles pairing of sophomore Jaime Galligo (Madrid, Spain) and first year Pablo Munoz (Paris, France) won the only game in doubles play for the Lyons in a 6-1 loss to the Beaver senior duo of Brady Anderson (Rochester, N.Y.) and Wesley Zhang (Staten Island, N.Y.). Senior Ole Lepsoe (Oslo, Norway) and junior Alexander Weber (Baech, Switzerland) picked up a 6-0 win at second doubles for Babson over Wheaton sophomores Jake Murray (San Diego, Calif.) and Calvin Van Dyke (Albuquerque, N.M.). Babson junior Martin Mejia (Cali, Colombia) teamed with first year Edward Wang (Burr Ridge, Ill.) to shut out the Lyons' number three doubles team of sophomore Paul Berteaux (Courbevoie, France) and senior Daniel Bor (Seattle, Wash.), 6-0.

Galligo won seven games at first singles for Wheaton, but fell in the match to Lepsoe, 6-3, 6-4. 

Anderson did not lose a game in the opening set at number two singles to Berteaux, 6-0, but Berteaux took three games off of his Beaver opponent in a 6-3 second set loss. Zhang cruised in the first set at third singles, 6-0, over Van Dyke, before taking the second frame, 6-2.

Sophomore Mattias Harrell (Oslo, Norway) dropped just one game in each set in a 6-1, 6-1 effort for Babson over Murray at fourth singles. The Beavers did not lose a game at fifth and sixth singles. Mejia defeated Lyon sophomore Jack Thain (The Woodlands, Texas) at number five singles and Weber turned back Wheaton first year Daniel Kofman (Hod Ha'sharon, Israel) at sixth singles by the identical scores of 6-0, 6-0.

The Lyons return to the court on Saturday, April 19 when they take on NEWMAC foe United States Coast Guard Academy at Clark Tennis Courts for a 12:00 p.m. match, while Babson hosts conference rival Salve Regina University tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.