Box Score The Middlebury women's tennis team had a strong performance at the ITA New England Championships this weekend, with first-year Sahana Raman winning the singles title. With the victory, Raman advance to the ITA Cup and will compete Octover 14-17 in Rome, Georgia. The Panthers return to their home court next weekend to host the Middlebury Invitational October 8-10. 
 
Three Panthers advanced to the quarterfinals in the singles draw on Saturday. Gena Huang and Raman faced off against each other, with Raman coming away with a 6-4, 6-1 victory to advance. Claudia Miller battled Wesleyan's Caitlyn Ferrante in a quarterfinal that saw back-and-forth action. Miller dropped the first set, but came from behind to win (3-6, 6-2, 10-6).
 
The Sunday semifinals featured an all-Middlebury matchup where Raman downed Miller 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the final. In the title match, it was all Raman in the first set (6-2) against Bowdoin's Jamilah Karah, before taking home the title with a 7-6(3) victory in the second set. 
 
Miller and Raman continued their successes in the doubles tournament. In the quarterfinals on Saturday, the pair downed a duo from Wellesley 8-4, before falling in the semifinals 8-5 to the eventual champions from Tufts. 
 
The Brinlea La Barge and Amy Delman tandem won 8-4 and 8-6 in the opening two rounds, before falling in the quarterfinals by a score of 8-4 to a duo from Wesleyan.