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Women's Tennis Advances to NCAA Regional Final

Middlebury advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals after a 5-0 victory over The College of New Jersey in a match played indoors at the Nelson Recreational Center. The fifth-ranked Panthers (14-4) will play 13th-ranked Johns Hopkins, who defeated Elizabethtown 5-0 in the day's other match, on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. TCNJ finishes its season at 13-5.

Middlebury swept all three doubles matches, grabbing a 3-0 lead. The Panther duo of Alexandra Fields and Christina Puccinelli picked up the first point at #3 doubles with an 8-1 win over Anna Prestera and Alyssa Baldi. Middlebury's Ria Gerger and Lily Bondy made the score 2-0 with an 8-1 victory over Grace Minassian and Maddy Stoner in the top flight. The #2 tandem of Sadie Shackelford and Kaysee Orozco completed the sweep with an 8-3 triumph over TCNJ's Emma Allen and Sneha Rangu.

In the singles matches, Middlebury picked up their fourth point with a 6-0, 6-2 win at #1 from Gerger over Reedman. Puccinelli clinched the match for the Panthers via a 6-1, 6-1 triumph in the fourth spot over Prestera.

The remaining four matches went unfinished. Fields grabbed the opening set by a 6-2 score and was ahead 2-1 at #2 against Allen, while Bondy was up by a set (6-3) and led 1-0 against Rangu at the #3 spot. The other two matches didn't take to the court.

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Players Mentioned

Lily Bondy

Lily Bondy

Junior
Alexandra Fields

Alexandra Fields

Junior
Ria Gerger

Ria Gerger

Senior
Kaysee Orozco

Kaysee Orozco

Junior
Christina Puccinelli

Christina Puccinelli

First Year
Sadie Shackelford

Sadie Shackelford

Senior

Players Mentioned

Lily Bondy

Lily Bondy

Junior
Alexandra Fields

Alexandra Fields

Junior
Ria Gerger

Ria Gerger

Senior
Kaysee Orozco

Kaysee Orozco

Junior
Christina Puccinelli

Christina Puccinelli

First Year
Sadie Shackelford

Sadie Shackelford

Senior
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