The #8 Middlebury women's tennis team concluded its fall season by hosting the Panther Challenge. The three-day contest featured four teams, including conference foes Colby and Trinity, and was played on the new Outdoor Tennis Courts, as well as Proctor and Nelson.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Panthers excelled in singles, posting a 17-1 record as a unit. Claudia Miller, Nina Farhat, Sahana Raman and Elsie Van Wieren each went 3-0, all via straight sets.
• Ananya Annapantula also earned three victories, including a pair of three-set decisions over Colby's Isabella Suk (4-6, 6-2, 6-0) and Skidmore's Mia Sarzynska (6-3, 4-6, 10-8).
• Elizabeth Doak rounded out the Panther competitors with a 2-1 mark, rebounding from a tough three-set decision to Colby's Amelie Gal (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) with consecutive straight-set victories.
• Middlebury secured a 13-1 mark over the three-day event in doubles action. 
• Van Wieren and Miller led the Panthers with a 3-0 mark as a pair, highlighted by a 6-0 sweep of the Thoroughbred tandem of Juliette Ceas and Coco Prokop. 
• Raman and Farhat also went undefeated, knocking off the Colby tandem of Bella Suk and Michaela Landry (6-4) and Skidmore's Ella Provost/Beilynn Geiss (6-1).

NOTES

• Farhat and Raman tallied their 10th win in the last 11 matches as a duo this season.
• Raman also secured her 70th career singles victory with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Trinity's Ella Baker on Saturday.
• Middlebury closes its fall season with a 58-8 record in singles and a 34-5 output in doubles.

The Panthers are idle until their spring season which begins in March.