It has been a rough season so far for the Barnegat High School boys tennis team, with the squad being shut out in its first three matches.

But that was to be expected. Coaches have long said their team is “rebuilding.” Barnegat head coach Karla Jennings went one better this spring in her preseason assessment: “We anticipate this year to be a teaching season where we focus on rebuilding the team with our underclassmen.”