MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Connecticut College women's tennis team dropped a 9-0 decision to sixth-ranked Middlebury College on Saturday afternoon at Nelson Recreation Center.

The Panthers swept the three doubles matches before winning all but one singles contest in straight sets. Middlebury improved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in NESCAC play.

The tightest match of the day came at No. 1 singles, where Caitlin Cass (Newcastle, Maine) battled Middlebury's Amy Delman in a three-set showdown. Cass won only one game in the opening set but rebounded to take the second by a 6-3 tally. 

In the third and deciding set, Delman got out to a 2-0 lead before Cass rallied back to even things up. Delman then broke serve twice en route to a 5-2 advantage, leaving the 10th-ranked player in the region within a game of the win. Cass broke back and then held serve to pull within 5-4, but couldn't get the second break to extend the match.  

Conn College (7-4 overall, 0-4 NESCAC) will next play at Williams College on Sunday, April 2 at 2:00 p.m.

 #6 Middlebury College 9, Connecticut College 0
04/01/2023 at Middlebury, Vt. (Nelson Recreation Center)

Singles competition
1. Amy Delman (MIDDW) def. Caitlin Cass (CCWT) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
2. Nathalie van derReis (MIDDW) def. Sana Bhat (CCWT) 6-2, 6-1
3. Lulu Wu (MIDDW) def. Courtney Banks (CCWT) 6-0, 6-1
4. Anna Lardner (MIDDW) def. Lily Kerachsky (CCWT) 6-0, 6-3
5. Nina Farhat (MIDDW) def. Caroline Champa (CCWT) 6-0, 6-0
6. Amanda Frank (MIDDW) def. Ella Griffiths (CCWT) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Amy Delman/Claudia Miller (MIDDW) def. Caitlin Cass/Anna Slopak (CCWT) 8-3
2. Nina Farhat/Sami Remis (MIDDW) def. Courtney Banks/Lily Kerachsky (CCWT) 8-1
3. Amanda Frank/Anna Lardner (MIDDW) def. Sana Bhat/Kinley Yangden (CCWT) 8-2