ATLANTA, Ga. - Birmingham-Southern kept up the good fight and took down ranked No. 31 MIT in a tough matchup on Saturday in Atlanta, taking the victory 7-2 over the Engineers. 

Birmingham-Southern took all three doubles matches with No. 1 Tanner DeBardelaben and Wil Dotson playing a close match that kept them fighting until the end to take it 9-8. Both No. 2 Ryan King and Sam Tolbert, and No. 3 Tom Smith and Eli Ingleson took their opponents 8-3. 

BSC took four out of the six singles matches with three matches going into a tiebreaker set. Sam Tolbert on court three and Tom Smith on court six each fought hard in a tiebreaker set, both winning 10-6 over their opponents. Ryan King fell in a close tiebreaker at 10-8. 

Birmingham-Southern College 7, #31 MIT 2
3/25/23 at Atlanta, Ga.

Singles competition
1. Wil Dotson (BSC) def. Daniel Sharygin (MIT)  6-3, 6-2
2. Sundeep Chakladar (MIT) def. Ryan King (BSC) 6-4, 5-7 (10-8)
3. Sam Tolbert (BSC) def. Wayne Nelms (MIT) 4-6, 6-2 (10-6)
4. Tanner DeBardelaben (BSC) def. Joseph Li (MIT) 6-1, 6-0
5. Benjamin Ebanks (MIT) def. Eli Ingleson (BSC) 6-4, 6-1
6. Tom Smith (BSC) def. Nicholas Liu (MIT) 6-4, 4-6 (10-6)

Doubles competition
1. Wil Dotson/Tanner DeBardelaben (BSC) def. Sundeep Chakladar/Wayne Nelms (MIT) 9-8
2. Ryan King/Sam Tolbert (BSC) def. Joseph Li/Daniel Sharygin (MIT) 8-3
3. Tom Smith/Eli Ingleson (BSC) def. Benjamin Ebanks/Nicholas Liu (MIT) 8-3

Records
Birmingham-Southern 11-2 Overall, #31 MIT 6-7 Overall

Up next
The Panthers will continue on the road for a matchup against Berry College on Saturday, April 1 at 11 a.m.