With just one senior on both the men's and women's tennis teams, both squads will likely see better days down the road. Thus far this season after 9-0 victories by both squads yesterday, the present does not look so bad either.In the final match of a five-match trip in Orlando, Fla., both teams swept Capital University of Ohio to solidify a trip that saw the women's team go 4-1 to improve to 6-2 on the season, and the men's team go 3-2 to move to 5-2 on the season.

In the finale, the women's team was paced by classmates Rachel Rosman '11 and Mackenzie Gallegos '11 at No. 1 doubles.

The duo swept its doubles opponents 8-0, and then went on to do the same to their singles foes at No. 1 and No. 4 singles, respectively, winning in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.

For the men, classmates Steven Nieman '11 and Simon Miller '11 led the way.

Miller won at No. 3 singles 6-0, 6-1 and paired with captain Scott Schulman '09 at No. 1 doubles to sweep Capital's top team 8-0.

Nieman teammed up with Mayur Kassety '11 at No. 2 doubles to win 8-5 and dominated at No. 1 singles, winning 6-0, 6-1.

Last Sunday, the women's team knocked off Oneonta State University by an 8-1 count. After jumping out to a quick 3-0 lead by sweeping doubles, the squad did not look back, surrendering a total of just six games in its five singles victories. On the men's side, the Judges defeated Hanover College of Indiana, also by a score of 8-1.

Rosman and Gallegos again led the way for the Judges, accomplishing the same feat as yesterday, as neither dropped a single game in three total matches.

The pair won its No. 1 doubles match 8-0 and followed that up with a pair of 6-0 sweeps in the No. 1 and No. 4 singles slots, respectively.

Captain Gabrielle Helfgott '09 and Nina Levine '12 teamed up at No. 2 doubles to win 9-8, 7-4 in the tiebreaker, and the pair of Emily Weisberger '10 and Ariana Sanai '10 won 8-1 in the No. 3 slot.

Prior to the match, Coach Ben Lamanna decided to change the doubles lineup, bumping Gallegos up to No. 1, Levine up to No. 2 and Helfgott down to No. 2.

"We do it to just to have different personalities out there, and to have different leaders step up and different partnerships," he said. "It's good to keep developing with putting the girls in difficult situations so they can get stronger and better."

The other Judges victories came from Helfgott, who dominated her No. 2 singles match 6-0, 6-1; Sanai, who won her No. 3 singles match 6-1, 6-1; and Weisberger, who knocked off her opponent 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 singles.

Nieman and Schulman led the way for the men's team against Hanover, combining to lose just three games in their two singles matches. At No. 1 singles, Nieman won his match 6-0, 6-1 while No. 2 Schulman emerged victorious in his 6-1, 6-1. No. 3 Kassety, No. 4 Craig Elman '12 and No. 5 Josh Bookman '12 all won their singles matches, as well.

Schulman said the level of competition would get better when the squad returns home and that he likes the overall direction in which the team is moving.

"When we get into the bulk of our schedule and start playing all of the [New England Small College Athletic Conference] teams and then the [University Athletic Association] teams, [the competition] is going to be a lot harder, but we're definitely building confidence at this point in the season," he said.

Last Wednesday they knocked off Webber International University 8-1 but followed that with a loss to Palm Beach Atlantic University 7-2 the next day. The team bounced back last Saturday however, topping Alma College 8-1. All of the matches took place in Orlando.

Going up against the same first three opponents as the women's team, the men's team dropped its match to Webber International 6-3, fell to Palm Beach Atlantic 5-4 and beat Alma 9-0, for its first sweep of the season.

Gallegos, Weisberger, and Schulman were the only three Judges to win all five of their singles matches on the trip. Rosman was 4-1 in singles, but all four of her victories were 6-0, 6-0 sweeps.

Overall, Lamanna was pleased with how the trip went for both squads.

"It's been a successful trip in a lot of ways: team bonding, getting experience and playing some tennis. Those are the reasons we came down here," he said.

Both teams will next compete March 14, when they will head to Vermont to take on Middlebury College at noon.