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Waterville, Maine – After a regular season defined by a gauntlet of nationally-ranked opponents, the Colby Men’s Tennis team is heading back to the conference postseason for the fifth consecutive year. The Mules have secured the No. 7 seed for\u00a0the 2026 NESCAC Men’s Tennis Championship and will travel to Middletown, Connecticut, for a quarterfinal showdown against the No. 2 seeded Bowdoin\u00a0Polar Bears on Friday, May 1.<\/p>\n
Colby (6-10, 4-6 NESCAC) enters the tournament battle-tested. The Mules spent the final weeks of April facing four top-25 teams in a ten-day span, a stretch that forced the lineup to find its grit ahead of the single-elimination format of the conference tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The most pivotal of those four ranked matchups came on April 16 against these same Polar Bears. While Bowdoin (currently ranked No. 11 in Division III) took that meeting 7-0, the scoreline didn’t reflect the narrow margins at several flights. Specifically, Colby’s No. 3 doubles pushed to a 7-5 finish, and Antonio Lee<\/a> forced a three-set marathon at No. 5 singles that ended in a 10-8 tiebreaker. Facing the Polar Bears for the second time in two weeks allows the Mules to enter the quarterfinals with a clear blueprint for an upset. These two teams have yet to meet in postseason action.\u00a0<\/p>\n A victory on Friday would propel the Mules into the NESCAC Semifinals on Saturday, May 2, where they would face the winner of the quarterfinal between No. 3 Middlebury and No. 6 Wesleyan.\u00a0Colby is seeking to advance out of the first round for the first time since the championship moved to a seeded format in 2006.\u00a0<\/p>\n Friday’s quarterfinal matchup is schedule for a 1:00pm start at tournament hosts Wesleyan. Fans can follow the action using the live results<\/a> and live video<\/a> links as well check out the NESCAC Championship Central page<\/a> for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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