5/2/2026 | Women’s Tennis | Box Score
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Bowdoin College women’s tennis team will play in the NESCAC championship match for the first time in program history after a 4-0 win over Middlebury in the conference semifinals Saturday. The Polar Bears (13-6) advance to the title match against top-seeded Wesleyan at 11:00 a.m. Sunday.
Match Highlights
- A pair of doubles wins got Bowdoin out on the right foot, giving the Polar Bears a 1-0 lead thanks to wins from Zoe Sun/Bella Hartung (6-4) and Caroline Stuhlfaut/Naomi Williams (7-5)
- A trio of straight-set wins put the Polar Bears over the top as the first three completed matches all went Bowdoin’s way.
- Hartung (6-1, 6-1) at number three and Stuhlfaut (6-4, 6-4) at number five put Bowdoin on the brink and Sun closed it out with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at number four.
Up Next
- Bowdoin will play in the NESCAC title match for the first time, against Wesleyan at 11:00 a.m. in Vermont. The Cardinals took the regular season meeting between the teams, 5-2, on April 12.
- The Polar Bears did finish as runners-up at NESCACs in 2004 (flighted championship) but that was prior to the institution of the bracketed team championship that began in 2006.
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