CLAREMONT, Calif. — The Middlebury College women’s tennis team concluded its spring break trip on Saturday with a 9-0 win over Gustavus Adolphus. The 4-3 Panthers went 2-3 on the trip, dropping two 5-4 matches to NCAA Division II opponents and an 8-1 match to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the No. 2 team in NCAA D-III.
The Panthers, ranked No. 9 last week in D-III, will host NESCAC foes Williams and Tufts this weekend.
Vs. Adolphus, the Panther No. 2 doubles team of Alexandra Fields and Maddi Stow posted an 8-1 victory over Briana Hartmann and Cal Carlson. Next to finish were the No. 1 Panther team of Kaysee Orozco and Catherine Blazye, who edged Michaela Schulz and Ally Baker, 8-6. The No. 3 pair of Molly Paradies and Skylar Schossberger claimed a 9-7 victory over Katie Aney and Lilly Hartman.
In singles, the Panthers dropped a combined 16 games during the six matches. Christina Puccinelli breezed by Baker at No. 2 (6-0, 6-0), while Fields followed suit with a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the top spot over Schulz.
Katherine Hughes earned the match-clinching point at No. 6 with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Hartman, while Heather Boehm earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 3 against Hartmann. Schossberger was a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Carlson at No. 4, while Paradies took a 6-4, 6-2 triumph against Aney in the fifth flight.