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Bates' Rupasinghe wins singles flight at Middlebury Invitational
Men's College Tennis

September 22, 2008

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. -- Senior Ben Stein made the finals of the Singles A Flight and junior Amrit Rupasinghe captured the title in the Singles B Flight on Sunday as the Middlebury Invitational concluded.

Having advanced to the B Flight semifinals on Saturday, Rupasinghe (Colombo, Sri Lanka) defeated Karl Furmaga 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday's semifinal, then beat Rick Devlin of Williams, 6-0, 7-5, for the flight championship.

Stein (Pelham, N.Y.), Rupasinghe's All-American doubles partner, defeated Conrad Olson of Middlebury, 4-6, 6-3, 10-4 to set up a finals showdown with Bowdoin College's Steven Sullivan. Sullivan prevailed for the flight crown, 6-4, 6-2.

In Saturday's action, Stein, the No. 2 seed in the Singles A Flight, got past Taylor Borda of Ithaca, 6-3, 6-0, then defeated Jeremy Weinberger of Williams 6-2, 7-5, to advance to Sunday's semifinals.

Playing in the Singles B Flight, Rupasinghe defeated Greg Katz of Vassar, 6-3, 6-2, and Josh Rifkin of Ithaca, 3-6, 6-2, 10-5, to advance to Sunday's semifinals.
 

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