Middlebury College

The 11th-ranked Middlebury women's tennis team saw its six-match winning streak end in Maine after a hard-fought 4-3 setback to #17 Bowdoin in Sunday's regular-season finale.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Ren Barton and Diya Pachamuthu commenced the match with a 6-1 victory at #3 to give the Panthers a head start toward the doubles point.
• The duo of Lulu Wu and Ananya Annapantula went back and forth with the Polar Bear pairing of Suzanne Pogorelec and Cara Hung in the second slot. After a split of the first 12 sets, Wu and Annapantula rallied from a four-point deficit with seven consecutive tallies to grab the match (7-6 (7-4)) and a 1-0 lead for the visitors.
• Anna Lardner and Elsie Van Wieren grinded out a 7-6 (7-4) win in the top flight to close doubles action.
• Pachamuthu cruised in her match at the bottom of the lineup, sweeping Willow Assante-LaBash (6-3, 6-2) for the second Middlebury point.
• The final five singles matches were all three-frame marathons. At #2, Lardner grabbed the initial frame by a 6-4 margin before Pogorelec countered with 6-2 and 6-3 victories to cut the Panther lead in half.
• Wu dug out a 7-6 (7-5) result in the first session of her battle against Bella Hartung in the third slot. The Polar Bear rallied, securing the next two sets by 6-3 and 6-2 scores, respectively, to knot the contest at 2-2.
• In the top spot, Van Wieren and Hung split the opening frames before a 6-4 decision in the decisive third (6-2, 5-7, 6-4) pushed the navy and white back ahead by one.
• Charlotte McCann rallied from a 6-0 loss in the opener with a 6-2 victory to arrange a three-set battle against Caroline Stuhlfaut. The two competed in the third, but Stuhlfaut came out on top with a 7-6 (7-5) result.
• In the final match of the battle at #4, Zoe Sun logged a 7-6 (7-5) win before Barton countered with a 6-3 frame. Sun grabbed the momentum in the final session, cruising to a 6-1 victory to grab the thrilling win. 

NOTES

• Pachamuthu and Van Wieren each extended their winning streaks in singles to seven straight matches.
• Middlebury and Bowdoin met for the 49th time. 

The Panthers return to action next weekend when they host the NESCAC Championship. The conference office will announce the seedings and matchups in the coming days.