Thursday, February 24, 2022

Panthers Season Opener Two Weeks Away!

The Middlebury Panthers are highly anticipating our upcoming dual matches that are about two weeks away! The coaching staff has been impressed by the tremendous work ethic and camaraderie that has already been developed so thoroughly among our group. Each year, our incredibly competitive schedule will bring us many challenges each week and having the foundation of togetherness will be critical to navigating our journey this season. Already, we know we will have to navigate a couple of tricky and unexpected injuries but as a group we view this as another opportunity to rise to the occasion.

Sophomore Max Kim getting ready to stick a forehand volley!

Opening weekend for us will be March 12th and 13th when we will play three teams all in Nelson Arena! On Saturday, we face off against Tufts (2pm). Then on Sunday we will compete against Bates (2pm) followed by St. Michael’s (5pm). It will be an action packed and fun filled weekend that we have been working hard to prepare for!


Live Steaming with Tennis-Ticker Virtual Scoreboard.  

If you won’t be able to be with us here in Middlebury, we will have live scoring and live streaming all weekend (find links for each match on the Schedule/Results page of our website). 

From the links on our schedule page, you will be directed to a TennisTicker virtual scoreboard specific to each match that will provide live scoring for all matches being played. If it is a home match, then each court that is currently active will have a “Camera Icon” (circled in red in the picture below) that you can click to access the video live stream for that specific court.

Picture above is what our virtual TennisTicker scoreboard will look like for each home match.

Reminder: Senior Night and Alumni Weekend 

Our Alumni Match Day will be April 16th versus Williams. Our Senior Weekend will be April 30 and May1 where we square off against Bowdoin and Colby. Please let us know if you will be able to join us for either weekend!

Let’s go Midd!

The Middlebury Men’s Tennis Coaching Staff

Friday, January 7, 2022

Happy New Year from Middlebury Men’s Tennis!

We want to begin by wishing our Middlebury Tennis Family a very happy new year! We hope your 2022 is off to a great start and look forward to sharing with you our excitement for the upcoming spring tennis season. We describe our return to campus for J-Term, release our 2022 schedule, and end with a freshman spotlight on our very own Neel Epstein!

Winter photo above campus from @middleburycollege.
Taken by Chris Spencer

Return to Campus

Our players will be arriving back to campus for J-Term this weekend and we are excited that their energy and enthusiasm will again be present. Our group continues to work hard during the developmental season and our senior captain class has continued to pave the way and set the tone. Another very special happening is that Andrew Mueller will be back from his study abroad experience in Spain. Although we are confident that Andrew enjoyed his time abroad, we are thrilled to have his passion for the game and our team back in the fold!

Andrew Mueller reportedly learned some Spanish-style
cooking techniques while in Spain last semester!

2022 Spring Schedule 
Please click here to see our full spring match schedule. As a reminder, all times are listed in EST. We cannot wait to take on a challenging schedule and to test ourselves against some of the toughest competition in DIII and additional matches against non-DIII opponents as well. As always, our match schedule picks up steam on our spring break trip when we will be returning to Claremont, CA. Taco Man here we come! Also, we want to highlight two specific events we plan to host this spring.
  • April 16th Alumni Match Day - April 16th versus Williams will be our Alumni Match Day. We will plan to host an event for any alumni who return to watch us compete that day depending on current Covid protocols for our campus. Please let us know if you plan to attend!
  • April 30th and May 1st, Senior Weekend – We will plan to celebrate all of our seniors, including Associate Coach Bob Hansen, over the weekend and we will plan to host a dinner the evening of April 30th if possible depending on Covid protocols. Please let us know if you plan to attend!
Neel Epstein lining up a nice backhand rip!


Freshman Spotlight: Neel Epstein
Hometown: New York, NY
Siblings: Leila (Sister Headed to Play at Wesleyan)
Favorite Food: NY Style Pizza  
Favorite Hobby Outside of Tennis: Cooking
Something My Teammates Do Not Know About Me Yet: Likes to make handmade ravioli
Pets: No animals in the house  
Favorite Pro Tennis Player: Carlos Alcaraz
Best Part About Being in Vermont: Snow 
Favorite Thing About Middlebury College So Far: The Team and Atwater Dining Hall  
Shout Out To A Teammate(s): Hilty, supportive dubs partner this past fall
 
Go Midd!

The Middlebury Men’s Tennis Coaching Staff