CLAREMONT, Calif. — The Middlebury College women’s tennis team, ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division III, finished its California trip this past Saturday with a 6-3 loss to host No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The 5-2 Panthers next visit No. 2 Williams this Saturday.
The Athenas (12-4) took two of three doubles matches. At No. 1, the CMS team of Caroline Ward and Katie Kuosman defeated Middlebury’s Ria Gerger and Kaysee Orozco, 8-2. At No. 2, Middlebury’s Lily Bondy and Sadie Shackelford earned at 8-3 win over Kyla Scott and Jessie Cruz. At No. 3, the CMS duo of Lindsay Brown and Bria Smith defeated Alexandra Fields and Lauren Amos.
At No. 1, Gerger earned a point for the Panthers with a 6-4, 7-6 (7) victory over Ward at No. 1. The other Middlebury point came from Orozco at No. 6 over Smith (4-6, 6-2, 6-1).
At No. 3, Brown defeated Bondy, 7-5, 6-2. At No. 4, Cruz defeated Amos, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1. At No. 5, Scott defeated Middlebury’s Christina Puccinelli 7-6 (5), 6-4, and at No. 2 Kuosman defeated Fields, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.