Fall Season 2019 Here We Come

Instead of being sad that another summer has come and gone, don’t fret, as the Fall brings with it that most exciting time of the year when we kickoff another journey for the Middlebury Men’s Tennis Program. Our three newest members are now on campus during orientation week, so stay tuned for our freshman profiles in our upcoming blog posts!

Middlebury's beauty is hard to beat in the Fall!

To get things rolling, we wanted to provide a few fun updates to our Middlebury Tennis Family about our team entering this new season. The first thing is we want to tell you about the second iteration of our Middlebury Tennis Team Store (CLICK THE LINK HERE). 

This is an example of one of the items offered in our team store! The picture of does not yet
have the Middlebury Tennis Logo that will be professionally embroidered on the shirt.

There is a nice variety of apparel to choose from, and most importantly everything that you purchase will be embodied with our official Middlebury Men’s Tennis Logo (included in the list prices)! We hope you enjoy and please feel free to send us a message if there is something you would like that was not in the store that we could add in next time!

As a coaching staff, we are thrilled to get to know our new team members on a deeper level and to start accelerating the process of building a supportive team culture that optimizes the growth of each of players. We want to continue to build on the incredible stretch of success that our program has had in recent years, and we know it is going to take an incredible effort with everyone pulling together if we want to find ourselves back in the hunt again this year.

The Panther roster for the 2019-20 season is comprised of 3 seniors, 4 juniors, 3 sophomores, and 3 freshmen. Head Coach Bob Hansen is entering his 9^th season with the Panthers and Assistant Coach Andrew Thomson for his third season as a coach at Midd. Our first practice will take place on  September 9^th and we cannot wait to get started! We look forward to posting updates on our blog throughout this season and really appreciate everyone who is following along and supporting us. Take a look below to see our updated team roster and our 2018 Fall tournament schedule.

2019-20 Team Roster

Seniors: Weston Brach, Aleksandr Samets, and Alex Vanezis

Juniors: Nate Eazor, Thorne Gregory, Adam Guo, and Andre Xiao

Sophomores: Zach Hilty, Stan Morris, and David Vilys

Freshmen: Aidan Harris, Andrew Mueller, and Robby Ward

Coaching Staff: Head Coach Bob Hansen and Assistant Coach Andrew Thomson

Notable Statistics

·      The 2018-19 Panther squad captured the 9^th NESCAC team championship in program history.

·      The Panthers have now earned sixth straight trips to the NCAA final four or beyond.

·      Our men have continued to crush it in the classroom, again earning ITA Academic All-American status as a team yet again!

The winning moment from our NESCAC title last season!

2019 Fall Schedule (link)

Date                Time                           School                                     Location

9/14,15            All Day                       Middlebury Invitational          Middlebury, VT

9/27,28,29       All Day                       ITA Regionals                        Waterville, ME

10/19,10/20     All Day                       Wesleyan Invitational             Middletown, CT

10/26,27,28     All Day                       Bryant Mini Dual                    Smithfield, RI

Go Midd!

The Middlebury Men’s Tennis Coaching Staff

p.s. If there is anyone else that you think would like to receive these updates about our program or if there is another email you would like us to send them to, please feel free to send me a note at athomson@middlebury.edu.