High school tennis is a spring-only entity. The great news for players wanting to take their talent to the next level is that they aren’t required to wait a full year, since collegiate tennis is one of the rare sports with both a fall and spring schedule.

Lewiston High School graduate Chantalle Lavertu already has proven herself a woman for all seasons at Bowdoin College.

Lavertu, a multi-time semifinalist in the state singles tournament during her career with the Blue Devils, has shone in both singles and doubles during her first two months with the Polar Bears.

Four consecutive weekends produced multiple match victories for Lavertu.

She made her debut in singles at the New England ITA regional tournament. In her trek to the third round, Lavertu knocked off a seeded player, Lucy Marchese of Williams.

In the Eastern Invitational, played at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Lavertu linked up with fellow first-year player Keller Alberstone to reach the quarterfinals. Lavertu and Alberstone derailed teams from Division I Connecticut and Stony Brook along the way.

Lavertu was paired with Emily Lombardi in the Gail Smith Doubles Tournament at Middlebury, Vt., winning four out of six matches on the weekend.

The early-season success yielded Lavertu and Alberstone the No. 3 seed in their division at the New England Women’s Championship at Amherst College. Again, they advanced to the quarterfinals before falling to Middlebury’s team in a tiebreaker. That followed an early-round match in which the young Bowdoin tandem rallied from a 7-2 deficit to knock off Williams, 9-8.

Bowdoin and Lavertu now take a break until March, when they’ll launch the spring campaign with a California trip slated to include matches against Pomona-Pitzer, Redlands, Trinity (Texas) and MIT.

Farmington golfers have the NAC

The University of Maine at Farmington golf teams recently completed their seasons, with several local competitors making their mark on the links for the Beavers.

Reid Bond, a Farmington native and graduate of neighboring Mt. Blue High School, competed in all 10 matches for the men. Bond punctuated his campaign with a fifth-place finish in the North Atlantic Conference championship meet at Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono. Bond backed up his opening-day 80 with a 78 for a total of 158 that locked up first-team all-NAC honors.

UMF finished third in the tournament for the fourth consecutive year. Coach Bob Timmins was feted as the NAC coach of the year for the third straight autumn.

In both her sophomore season and the second varsity year for the UMF women’s program, Merissa Beaulieu of Monmouth was her team’s low scorer at the Bowdoin Blast, carding a 96.

Other tri-county players for the Farmington men were Ryan Michaud of Sabattus (Oak Hill), Nate Swan of Rumford (Mountain Valley) and Justin Woodbrey of Raymond (Poland).

Laser pointer

Tia Pratt of South Paris (Oxford Hills) was named NAC field hockey player of the week for the period ending Oct. 18.

Pratt picked up three goals on the week, including Lasell’s lone connections in 1-0 victories over Simmons and Anna Maria. Together with a goal against Eastern Connecticut State, those efforts gave Pratt six goals and four assists for 16 points on the year, good for second on the Lasers’ roster.

But she wasn’t finished. Pratt picked up Lasell’s only tally Saturday in a 5-1 home loss to Husson.

Faster than a tornado

Mohamed Noor continues to outrun himself at Garden City Community College.

Noor, a Lewiston High School graduate and sophomore at the Kansas school, turned in a 5-kilometer personal record of 14 minutes, 47 seconds at the Butler Invitational in El Dorado, Kan.

Led by the victorious Noor — a junior college All-American as a freshman — Garden City also won the team competition at the event.

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