The Middlebury College men's tennis team won its fourth consecutive NESCAC Championship Sunday morning on the campus of Amherst College, defeating the third-seed Ephs of Williams College, 7-2. The win improves the Panthers to 18-1, while the Ephs move to 14-6.

Alex Scott and George Mayer teamed up to win the #1 doubles match, while Kevin Bergesen and Andrew Thomson followed with an 8-5 win of their own in the #2 match.

Williams' Ted Haley and Jeremy Weinberger kept the Ephs within striking distance by picking up an 8-6 win in the #3 doubles match, but it was all Middlebury in singles play. Scott, Conrad Olson and Mayer took home straight-set wins in the #1, #2 and #3 singles matches, respectively, while Thomson won the #5 match in straight sets to give the Panthers their fourth singles victory.

In the #6 singles match, Filip Marinkovic dropped the first set to Williams' Rick Devlin, 7-5, but won back-to-back 6-3 sets for the Panthers' fifth singles win. Gary Simonette dropped his first set to Bergesen, 4-6, but battled back to pick up the Ephs' lone singles victory of the day, winning 6-3 in the second and third sets.

The Panthers will resume play at the NCAA Championships, while the Ephs will hope to be among the teams receiving an at-large bid.

Doubles
1. Scott/Mayer (M) def. Greenberg/Thacher (W) 8-5
2. Bergeson/Thomson (M) def. Simonette/Lebedoff (W) 8-5
3. Weinberger/Haley (W) def. Olson/Marinkovic (M) 8-6

Singles
1. Alex Scott (M) def. Ted Haley (W) : 7-6, 6-2
2. Conrad Wilson (M) def. Dan Greenberg (W) : 6-2, 6-0
3. George Mayer (M) def. Nick Lebedoff (W) : 6-1, 6-4
4. Gary Simonette (W) def. Kevin Bergesen (M) : 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
5. Andrew Thomson (M) def. Karol Furmaga (W) : 6-2, 6-0
6. Filip Marinkovic (M) def. Rick Devlin (W) : 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

Final Score: Middlebury 7, Williams 2