The women's tennis team looked spectacular, shutting out Colby 9-0 on Tuesday night.
The Bears were dominant in their singles matches and doubles matches, defeating the Mules in straight sets.
Leading the way for the Polar Bears was Emily Lombardi '12 who won her match at No. 1 singles, and teamed with captain Sarah D'Elia '09 to win the No. 1 doubles match.
"I think everyone was very happy to shutout Colby," Lombardi said. "Everyone played one spot higher than they normally do, so the win gave people confidence that they could play at a higher level."
First year Hannah Hoerner also commented on the team's glorious success in shutting down the Mules.
"To defeat Colby we just had to maintain our focus and hit our shots," Hoerner said. "Everyone did a good job of using what they had learned in practice to win points."
The Bears will use their victory against Colby as a springboard for their match against Middlebury this weekend.
"We treated playing Colby as good practice for our big match this weekend against Middlebury," Hoerner said.
D'Elia also felt that the Colby match has given the team a good experience that they can carry forward for future matches.
"It was definitely a confidence booster to shutout Colby before a tough match coming up this weekend against Middlebury," D'Elia said. "I think it gave people a chance to work on things in a match situation so they would feel confident doing it in a closer match."
The team will certainly use this confidence and momentum to guide them against Middlebury this weekend.
"This weekend against Middlebury, we want to be able to play freely so we're not afraid to go for our shots in a match situation," Lombardi said.
The Bears will start by working on their doubles game.
"We have been working on our doubles a lot lately and we hope to come out with strong lead early in the Middlebury match by getting some doubles points," Hoerner said.
"We need to start out strong in doubles and be able to play big in tight situations because we know it is going to be close," D'Elia added.