Last fall, the Barnegat girls tennis team finished with more losses than victories, but two of those victories included a pair of tight battles with Shore Conference Class B South rival Pinelands Regional. All three contests were 3-2 matches, but the Bengals won the last two of those matchups, including a first-round triumph in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 2 tournament.

This season, tennis fans probably can look forward to similar barnburners, since both the Bengals and Wildcats have solid…