Box Score The Middlebury men's tennis team dominated the Panther Classic, hosting Bryant and Colgate in the two-day event. The Panthers return to action the weekend of October 14. Aidan Harris, Noah Laber and Stan Morris will travel to the ITA Cup, while the rest of the team heads to Connecticut for the Wesleyan Invitational.
 
Middlebury had a strong showing on the first day of the competition. Neel Epstein triumphed 6-3, 6-3 over Colgate's Tejas Gupta, before downing Marcus Macaulay of Bryant 6-4, 6-1. Zachary Hilty took down Colgate's Mikey Weitz (6-0, 6-4) and Bryant's Jaedan Patterson (6-3, 6-2). Laber and Morris both downed their pair of Colgate and Bryant opponents in straight sets, giving Middlebury 11 singles victories. 
 
During doubles action, Panther duo Zihao Yuan and Joe Mairs highlighted the competition, shutting out a pair from Bryant 8-0. 
 
Middlebury started Sunday competition by winning three straight doubles matches. Morris and Robby Ward downed a pair from Bryant 8-5, before Harris and Laber eased to a 8-4 victory over a tandem from Colgate. Yuan and David Vilys earned a hard-fought victory against a duo from Bryant by a score of 8-7(4). Five other Panther pairs picked up victories during the morning session, as Middlebury went 13-0 in doubles over the two-day span. 
 
During the single portion of Sunday, Epstein, Laber and Hilty all won their third match of the weekend in straight sets. Yuan won his lone-singles match of the weekend 6-4, 6-2 over Colgate's Weitz.