Middlebury won its first Division III Men's Tennis Championships team title May 14 with a 4-3 victory over Williams, which finished as runner-up for the second consecutive year.

The championships were held at Bates College's Wallach Tennis Center May 17.

In individual play, UC Santa Cruz's Matt Seeberger won the singles title and Mary Washington's Dan Uyar and Paul Bristow captured the doubles crown. It was Mary Washington's first doubles title. UC Santa Cruz last won a singles title in 2001.

In the team competition, first-year player Alex Scott held serve with an overhead slam to give Middlebury its victory. Scott's win capped a tremendous comeback for the Panthers, who trailed, 3-1, after Williams' Andrew Murray won, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 1 singles. The Ephs won the doubles points and also got a win at No. 5 singles with Scott MacKenzie's straight-set victory.

Ari Beilin started the comeback for the Panthers, rallying from a set down for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 win. George Mayer added a 6-4, 6-7, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles to knot the score at 3-3.

Scott lost the first set to Williams' Lex Urban, 3-6, but rebounded with a 7-5 win in the second set. The duo traded service breaks for five consecutive games before Scott finally capped the match with a 7-5 win in the third set. Middlebury finished the season 18-3, while Williams fell to 13-6.

In the individual portion of the tournament, Seeberger defeated John Michael Cham-A-Koon of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 6-1, 6-4, in the championship match in the morning. He broke Cham-A-Koon's serve twice early on to build a 3-0 lead before coasting to a win in the first set, then battled back from a 3-0 deficit to prevail in the second set.

Uyar and Bristow took out Cham-A-Koon and Kyle Ellison in the doubles semifinals, winning 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

Team results

Quarterfinals

Emory 4, Washington (Mo.) 0; Middlebury 4, Trinity (Tex.) 0; UC Santa Cruz 4, Mary Washington 3; Williams 4, Gust. Adolphus 1.

Semifinals

Middlebury 4, Emory 1; Williams 4, UC Santa Cruz 3.

Third place

Emory 4, UC Santa Cruz 3

Doubles: No. 1 -- Mark Odgers-Alex Jacobs, Emory, def. Matt Brunner-Kellen Ali-Christie, UC Santa Cruz, 8-1; No. 2 -- Tyson Ramsay-Josh Rubens, Emory, def. Shane Templeman-Matt Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz, 8-3; No. 3 -- Suspended.

Singles: No. 1 -- Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz, def. Odgers, Emory, 6-2, 7-5; No. 2 -- Brian Casey, UC Santa Cruz, def. Ramsay, Emory, 6-2, 6-2; No. 3 -- Jacobs, Emory, def. Kevin Casey, UC Santa Cruz, 6-4, 6-2; No. 4 -- Patrick Redmond, Emory, def. Templeman, UC Santa Cruz, 6-7 (4) 6-4, 6-3; No. 5 -- Andrew Cohen, UC Santa Cruz, def. Rubens, Emory, 6-1, 6-4; No. 6 -- Jesse Ferlianto, Emory, def. Ali-Christie, Santa Cruz, 6-1, 6-3.

Championship

Middlebury 4, Williams 3

Doubles: No. 1 -- Andrew Murray-Daniel Murray, Williams, def. Justin Ingoglia-George Mayer, Middlebury, 8-4; No. 2 -- John Haywood-Lax Urban, Williams, def. Ari Beilin-Alex Scott, Middlebury, 9-8 (7-4); No. 3 -- Nathan Edmunds-Brian Waldron, Middlebury, def. Jeff Kivitz-Scott MacKenzie, Williams, 8-6.

Singles: No. 1 -- A. Murray, Williams, def. Edmunds, Middlebury, 6-3, 6-1; No. 2 -- Waldron, Middlebury, def. D. Murray, Williams, 6-1, 6-3; No. 3 -- Beilin, Middlebury, def. Kivitz, Williams, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; No. 4 -- Mayer, Middlebury, def. Haywood, Williams, 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-0; No. 5 -- MacKenzie, Williams, def. Ingoglia, Middlebury, 6-1, 6-2; No. 6 -- Scott, Middlebury, def. Urban, Williams, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Individual results

Singles

First round: Matt Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz, def. Brian Alvo, Washington (Mo.), 6-1, 6-1; David Frankel, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Tim Ryan, Mary Washington, 6-0, 6-1; Dane Schmidgall, Carthage, def. Mark Odgers, Emory, 6-2, 6-4; Brian Marsden, Trinity (Conn.), def. Nick Barnes, Coe, 6-3, 6-3; David Shay, Wash. & Lee, def. Michael Malvitz, Kalamazoo, 7-5, 6-1; Evan Tindell, MIT, def. Kevin Casey, UC Santa Cruz, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4); Sebastian Stanescu, Piedmont, def. Nathan Edmunds, Middlebury, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Michael Thoeresz, Redlands, def. Rifat Perahya, Tufts, 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-1; Tyson Ramsay, Emory, def. Brian Casey, UC Santa Cruz, 7-5, 6-2; Paul McClure, Wash. & Lee, def. McAfee Burke, Bowdoin, 6-3, 6-0; Andrew Murray, Williams, def. Brad Livingston, Carthage, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5; Brian Waldron, Middlebury, def. Peter Taylor, Washington (Md.), 6-4, 6-2; Brian Murphy, Redlands, def. Will Boe-Wiegaard, Bates, 6-3, 6-2; Ari Rosenthal, Washington (Mo.), def. Zach Rodd, Swarthmore, 6-1, 6-1; J.R. Hall, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Loren Collins, Gust. Adolphus, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4; John Michael Cham-A-Koon, Claremont-M-S, def. Borko Tesic, Kenyon, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

Second round: Shay, Wash. & Lee, def. Tindell, MIT, 6-3, 6-1; Marsden, Trinity (Conn.) def. Frankel, Pomona-Pitzer, 6-0, 6-3; Schmidgall, Carthage, def. Thoeresz, Redlands, 6-4, 7-5; Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz, def. Stanescu, Piedmont, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Murphy, Redlands, def. Rosenthal, Washington (Mo.), 7-5, 1-6, 2-0 (retired); A. Murray, Williams, def. Ramsay, Emory, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 2-0 (retired); McClure, Wash. & Lee, def. Hall, Pomona-Pitzer, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Cham-A-Koon, Claremont-M-S, def. Waldron, Middlebury, 6-0, 7-5.

Quarterfinals: Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz, def. Schmidgall, Redlands, 6-3, 6-3; Marsden, Trinity (Conn.), def. Shay, Wash. & Lee, 6-3, 6-0; A. Murray, Williams, def. McClure, Wash. & Lee, 6-2, 6-2; Cham-A-Koon, Claremont-M-S, def. Murphy, Redlands, 6-3, 6-1.

Semifinals: Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz, def. Marsden, Trinity (Conn.) 7-5, 6-1; Cham-A-Koon, Claremont-M-S, def. A. Murray, Williams, 7-5, 6-2.

Championship: Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz, def. Cham-A-Koon, Claremont-M-S, 6-1, 6-4

First round: Mark Odgers-Alex Jacobs, Emory, def. Josh Rilla-Danny Babkes, Amherst, 6-4, 6-1; Matt Brunner-Kellen Ali-Christie, UC Santa Cruz, def. Adam Morgan-Brett Morse-Karzen, Gust. Adolphus, 6-3, 6-4; Michael Malvitz-Julian Seelan, Kalamazoo, def. Evan Tindell-Vitaliy Pereverzev, MIT, 6-4, 6-3; Michael Thoeresz-Brian Murphy, Redlands, def. Justin Ingoglia-George Mayer, Middlebury, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1; Michael Cham-A-Koon-Kyle Ellison, Claremont-M-S, def. Nick Barnes-Adam Elliot, Coe, 6-2, 6-2; Dan Uyar-Paul Bristow, Mary Washington, def. Andrew Murray-Daniel Murray, Williams, 7-6 (3), 6-2; Pete Taylor-Asfand Farouk, Washington (Md.), def. Loren Collins-Ben Lundell, Gust. Adolphus, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; J.R. Hall-David Frankel, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Frank Viscaino-Mike Norieka, Swarthmore, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Quarterfinals: Uyar-Bristow, Mary Washington, def. Brunner-Ali-Christie, UC Santa Cruz, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-1; Thoeresz-Murphy, Redlands, def. Taylor-Farouk, Washington ( Md.), 6-2, 6-4; Malvitz-Seelan, Kalamazoo, def. Hall-Frankel, Ponoma-Pitzer, 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (0); Cham-A-Koon-Ellison, Claremont-M-S, def. Odgers-Jacobs, Emory, 7-6 (3), 6-1.

Semifinals: Thoeresz-Murphy, Redlands, def. Malvitz-Seelan, Kalamazoo, 6-4, 7-6 (6); Uyar-Bristow, Mary Washington, def. Cham-A-Koon-Ellison, Claremont-M-S, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

Championship: Uyar-Bristow, Mary Washington, def. Thoeresz-Murphy, Redlands, 7-5, 6-3.