The sixth-ranked Middlebury men's tennis dropped its regular-season finale, falling 9-0 on the road to #4 Amherst in a matchup of the region's top-two teams. The Panthers see an eight-match winning streak come to an end, falling to 16-3 overall and 6-1 in the NESCAC, while the Jeffs improve to 19-4 and 8-0. The Panther men will host the NESCAC Championship next Friday through Sunday.

The Jeffs swept the three flights in doubles play. Middlebury's #2 duo of Ari Smolyar and Noah Farrell were defeated 8-3 by Andrew Yaraghi and Anton Zykov, while the Panthers' top tandem of Palmer Campbell and Peter Heidrich fell to Aaron Revzin and Michael Solimano 8-6. Middlebury's #3 tandem of William de Quant and Chris Frost pushed Russell Einbinder and Andrew Scheiner to the brink before falling, 9-8.

In singles play, Revzin defeated Jackson Frons at #4 by scores of 6-1 and 7-6 (4), while Zykov clinched the fifth team point with a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the third flight over Campbell. At #5, Sean Rodriguez earned a 6-3, 6-4 win against de Quant.

The three remaining matches went to a third-set super tiebreaker. Solimano defeated Farrell 6-1, 4-6, 10-7, while Smolyar battled back from a set down but fell 2-6, 6-4, 11-9 to Yaraghi. In the sixth spot, Timo van der Geest lost in a marathon match by tallies of 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 10-3 to Andrew Arnaboldi.