Muri iki cyiciro cy'ibyerekanwa by'ikipe, tureba Panthers zose mu bikorwa muri iki gihe cy'itumba. Panthers ifite umurongo ukomeye wongeye kugaruka, hamwe na Raman na Delman bashyizeho urwego rukomeye rw'abashakanye bageze muri 1⁄4 cy'igikombe cya Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) mu itumba. Ku bijyanye no gutera, abakinnyi babiri ba mbere ba Middlebury bazareba kubaka ku bwitsinzi bwabo kuva mu mwaka ushize wa NESCAC Championship.