CARY, N.C. — The Bowdoin College men’s and women’s tennis teams saw their seasons come to a close in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals on Monday.

Men

The Polar Bears fell 5-3 to New England Small College Athletic Conference rival Williams in the rubber match of their season series.

The Ephs advanced to take on Emory Tuesday in the semifinals.

Bowdoin (15-8) split the first two doubles results, with Casey Grindon and Chris Lord earning a point for the Polar Bears with an 8-5 victory at No. 3 doubles, while Williams won at No. 2.

At No. 1 doubles, Bowdoin’s Oscar Pena and Sam King earned a 9-8 victory over Williams’ top pair of Bryan Chow and Trey Meyer, taking the tiebreaker 7-3 to give Bowdoin a 2-1 lead heading to singles.

However, Williams won four of the five completed matches, with Grindon the lone Polar Bear victor, winning his No. 3 singles match 6- 3, 6-3.

Williams won in straight sets in three matches, while Pena and Lord both dropped three-setters.

King and Pena have qualified for the individual Division III doubles championship that begins on today.

Bowdoin women

The Polar Bears fell behind, 2-1, after doubles play, with Emory taking three of the four completed singles matches for a 5-2 win, ending Bowdoin’s season with a 13-9 mark.

After dropping the No. 1 doubles match, 8-0, Bowdoin rallied to tie the match the No. 3 doubles team of Kate Winingham and Emily Lombardi won 8-1.

At No. 2 doubles, Emma Chow and Chantalle Lavertu were tied with Emory’s Malavika Padmanabhan and Brenna Kelly, 5-5, but lost three of the four games for an 8-6 setback.

Emory’s Gabrielle Clark defeated Bowdoin’s Kellen Alberstone at No. 1 singles, 6- 0, 6-0, and the Polar Bears fell behind 4-1 after Zahra Dawson defeated Lavertu on No. 3 singles, 6-2, 6-2.

Bowdoin’s Emma Lewis closed the gap to 4-2 with a 6- 3, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles, but Kelly won at No. 5 singles (6-1, 6-1) to close out the victory for Emory.