MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School tennis teams between them won three recent competitions without losing an individual match to open their season. The Tiger girls’ team downed Rice on Saturday and Colchester on Tuesday by 7-0 each time, and the boys’ squad topped Colchester, 6-0, on Tuesday.
The teams between them did not drop a set in the process, seemingly justifying the preseason optimism expressed by girls’ coach Jill Dunn and boys’ coach Dan Comar.
Both coaches pointed to several returning players and a group of newcomers with a solid foundation in the game.
For example, on Saturday Dunn said talented newcomers to the team have made such an impact that 2019’s No. 1 singles player, senior Elizabeth Bright, is still playing well, but moved down to No. 5 singles after challenge matches earlier in the week.

TIGER GIRLS
Saturday’s individual match result for the Tiger girls vs. Rice were:
At No. 1 singles, Scarlett Carrara, M, defeated Evi Quinlan, 6-1, 6-1.
At No. 2 singles, Julia Bartlett, M, defeated Elizabeth Lord, 6-1, 6-0.
At No. 3 singles, Abby Bailey, M, defeated Caitlyn Smith, 6-4, 6-0.
At No. 4 singles, Abby Morsman, M, defeated Libby Stevens, 6-0, 6-0.
At No. 5 singles, Elizabeth Bright, M, defeated Sophia Strouse, 6-0, 6-0.
At No. 1 doubles, Lois Alberts and Emma Franklin, M, defeated Grace Marroquin and Hannah Cunningham, 6-0, 6-0.
At No. 2 doubles, Bridget Graham and Gwen Troumbley, M, defeated Eloise Harris and Gabby Sneddon, 6-1, 6-1.
On Tuesday at Colchester, the Tiger girls’ individual match results were:
At No. 1 singles, Carrara, M, defeated Julia Correll, 6-3, 6-0.
At No. 2 singles, Bartlett, M, defeated Maia Franchetti, 7-5, 6-3.
At No. 3 singles, Bailey, M, defeated Kendall Spencer, 6-2, 7-5.
At No. 4 singles, Morsman, M, defeated Phoebe Richardson, 6-1, 6-0.
At No. 5 singles, Bright, M, defeated Jeannine Bourassa, 6-1, 6-0.
At No. 1 doubles, Alberts and Franklin, M, defeated Maeve McCullagh and Hanna Wilkins, 6-2, 6-1.
At No. 2 doubles, Graham and Troumbley defeated Katie McCullagh and Lorelei Right, 6-1, 6-4.

TIGER BOYS
Tiger boys’ individual results vs. visiting Colchester on Tuesday were:
At No. 1 singles, Andy Giorgio, M, defeated Caden Mercer, 6-1, 4-1 (retired).
At No. 2 singles, Kellan Bartlett, M, defeated Riley Fitzgerald, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).
At No. 3 singles, Clyde Malhotra, M, defeated Jonny Labrie, 6-1, 6-1.
At No. 4 singles, Abel Anderson, M, defeated Cooper Seissen, 6-0, 6-0.
At No. 1 doubles, Oliver Poduschnick and Aiden Cole, M, defeated Brady Towle and Anthony Klemm, 6-2, 6-2.
At No. 2 doubles, Henry Weston and Aidan Chance, M, defeated Henry Lopez and Miles O’Brien, 6-4, 6-2.