When a team wins back-to-back county championships, the expectations of the program generally rise. At Southern Regional, such has been the case for the boys tennis squad, winners of the last two Ocean County crowns.

ON TOP AGAIN: Southern Regional senior Paul Schriever is back in the Rams’ lineup as the first singles player, but the two-time defending county champs have mostly a new squad this spring. (File Photos by David Biggy)

However, the Rams graduated five of their seven starting players from last season, including two of the three singles players, who had been in the starting lineup somewhere for several years, and three of the four doubles players.