MIDDLEBURY — Host Spaulding knocked the Middlebury Union High School girls’ tennis team out of the Division I postseason on Tuesday, 4-3.
The 8-4 Tiger boys’ tennis team earned the No. 8 seed in D-I and were set to host No. 9 Stowe (7-4) on Thursday after a Wednesday postponement. The teams did not play one another this spring
On Tuesday, the Tiger girls finished at 4-9, while the Tide improved to 13-2. In individual matches:
•  At No. 1 singles, Lizzie Tchantouridze (S) defeated Claire Wulfman (M), 6-1, 6-1.
•  At No. 2 singles, Whitney Renaud (S) defeated Sierra Barnicle (M), 6-0, 6-0.
•  At No. 3 singles, Randi Dudley (S) defeated Amelia Ingersoll (M), 6-4, 6-4.
•  At No. 4 singles, Charlotte Keathley (M) defeated Yvonne Otis (S), 6-0, 6-0.
•  At No. 5 singles, Faith Redmond (S) defeated Tasha Hescock (M), 6-3, 6-0.
•  At No. 1 doubles, Monroe Cromis/Calista Carl (M) defeated Maddie Pletzer/Alex Marek (S), 6-2, 7-5.
•  At No. 2 doubles, Megi Hoxha/Hattie Lindert (M) defeated Meghan Brier/Chloe Lanphere (S), 6-4, 1-6, 10-8.
REGULAR SEASON
The Tiger teams both wrapped up their regular seasons vs. Spaulding on Friday. The Tiger boys blanked the Tide, 7-0, at home, picking up forfeit wins at No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles. Ziven McCarty at No. 1, Jesse Rubin at No. 3, and the doubles team of Sam Daly and Drew Kiernan won in straight sets, while Owen Hammel at No. 2 and Spencer Doran at No. 4 prevailed in third-set tiebreakers.
The Tiger girls lost in Barre, 6-1, in individual matches played to eight games. Only Barnicle at No. 4 singles pulled out an individual win for MUHS.