Following a pair of road victories Saturday, the 10th-ranked Middlebury women's tennis team continued its hot start to the spring schedule, opening its home portion with a 9-0 victory over Brandeis. The Panthers (3-0) will next take to the court for five matches in California during its spring break trip, starting with a match against fifth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps next Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
Middlebury cruised through all three matches in doubles' action. The Panther tandem of Ria Gerger and Lily Bondy secured the first point at No. 1 doubles with an 8-1 victory over Carley Cooke and Haley Cohen. At No. 2, the duo of Kaysee Orozco and Jennifer Sundstrom eased to an 8-3 win over Simone Vandroff and Maya Vasser. The pair of Alexandra Fields and Lauren Amos completed the sweep via an 8-4 win over Sarita Biswas and Charlotte Aaron in the third slot.
In singles play, the Panthers surrendered a total of 14 games cruising to straight-set wins in all six flights. Orozco picked up the fourth Panther point at No. 4, her sixth-straight victory dating back to last fall, with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Vasser. Fields clinched the match from the No. 2 spot with a 6-2, 6-0 win against Vandroff, while Bondy won at No. 3 (6-3, 6-0) against Eska and Gerger was victorious at No. 1 (6-4, 6-2) against Cooke.
Shannon Gibbs was next off the court with a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 5 against Aaron, and Katie Paradies rounded out the scoring with a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Hannah Marion.