Playing in its fifth NCAA Men's Tennis National Final in program history, Middlebury fell by a 5-0 score against top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. The third-ranked Panthers finish their season at 22-4, tied for the second-most wins in program history, while CMS claims its second national title and finishes with a 32-2 record. The Panthers won NCAA titles both in 2004 and 2010.

In the 12th matchup overall and the fourth in the NCAA Tournament between the two programs, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps jumped out to a 3-0 advantage after doubles. At #2, the Stags grabbed the first point when Skyler Butts and Daniel Morkovine lost the first game but reeled off eight-straight for the 8-1 win over Ari Smolyar and Noah Farrell.

In the top spot, Middlebury's Peter Heidrich and Palmer Campbell opened up a 3-1 edge on Joe Dorn and Warren Wood. The Stags' tandem responded with seven-straight game victories and doubled CMS' lead with an 8-3 win.

At #3, Middlebury's William de Quant and Chris Frost were ahead 7-4 and serving for the match, but the Stag team of Glenn Hull and Nik Marino ripped off five-straight games for a 9-7 victory, giving CMS the doubles sweep.

In singles play, the Stags didn't let off the accelerator when they went ahead via a 6-1, 6-4 victory in the top slot by Wood over Smolyar. Shortly after, Hull clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Kyle Schlanger in the #6 spot.

In the other four matches that went unfinished, Campbell grabbed the first set at #3 for the Panthers by a 6-4 tally and was up a break at 3-2 over Marino in the second. Farrell dropped the first set against Butts (6-3) at #2 and was down 4-1 in the second. At #4, Jackson Frons fell in the first set against Dorn, but rebounded in the next set and was up two breaks at 4-2. In the fifth slot, de Quant was down a set (6-2) and at 2-2 on serve in the second in his match against Morkovine.

Beginning Thursday morning, Smolyar will compete as one of 32 Division III individuals vying for a national title, while Heidrich and Campbell will participate as a duo looking for a title in a bracket comprised of 16 teams.