SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—The Skidmore College men's tennis team opens the 2015-2016 this weekend at the Middlebury Invitational.
 
The 24th-ranked Thoroughbreds return their entire team from last year, in which they went 14-8 overall and 7-0 in Liberty League play, capturing their second straight conference title and advancing to the NCAA Division III Round of 16.
 
The team will be lead by 2015 ITA All-America and Liberty League Player of the Year Kai Yuen Leung. Leung went 21-9 in singles and 19-7 in doubles last season and was undefeated in Liberty League play. He was 13-4 at number one singles and 10-1 at number two doubles and ranked 21st in the country in singles in the final ITA national rankings.
 
Also among the returners are All-Liberty League honorees Kit Sanderson, Nick Tong and Steven Koulouris.
 
Sanderson compiled an overall record of 20-6 in singles last season, going 12-2 at number two. Sanderson ranked 23rd in the Northeast Region in last season's final ITA rankings.
 
A 2014-2015 All-Liberty League First Team Doubles selection, Tong was 11-7 at number one doubles. He was 6-1 in Liberty League play and paired with Leung for a 6-2 record at number one this season. Tong and Leung registered five straight doubles victories down the stretch, including wins in the Liberty League semifinal and championship matches and in the NCAA tournament first and second round.
 
Kolouris, who was named the Liberty League Rookie of the Year, posted a 6-1 record in league singles and a 5-2 mark in league doubles. He went 3-0 in the conference in number two singles and also notched two victories at number one doubles.
 
Following the Middlebury Invitational, the Thoroughbreds travel to the ITA Regional Championships at Vassar before hosting Bard Oct. 4 in their lone Liberty League match of the fall. The team will also compete at the Wallach Invite at Bates College Oct. 10-11.