When CBA Tennis opened the 2026 spring season at Ranney on March 30, the expectations were already high.

One month and 14 matches later, the Colts have only raised those expectations.

Sitting at a near-perfect 13-1 overall record and an undefeated 8-0 in Shore conference play, CBA has emerged as the program to beat. They have run through a schedule of teams that have power each year, such as beating Rumson-Fair Haven and Marlboro in back-to-back showings.

The lone loss on their transcript came in the semifinal round of the Bryan Bennett Memorial Tournament, where the Colts dropped a 3-2 decision to West Windsor-Plainsboro South. This loss appears to have only sharpened their performance.

“I would say the tennis season has been going well and we’ve won some really tough matches. It’s been great to see the team improving every day,” said Vincenzo Caruso, a junior on this year’s squad.

Caruso is currently 13-0 on the season in the first singles position. In fact, he has not even needed a third set yet this spring.

The combination of consistent depth and toughness has defined the Colts through a demanding 14-match stretch. The tournament run in April, first with the quarterfinal win over Livingston followed by the narrow semifinal defeat, offered the kind of adversity that tends to separate good teams from genuinely competitive ones come postseason.

With a strong second half upcoming, including rematches with Manasquan and Ocean Township, plus a late-season battle with Bergen Catholic and a road match at Pingry, the Colts will have every opportunity to prove that this early dominance was a sign of what's yet to come.

“We know there’s a tough stretch ahead, but this group has earned the right to compete for something special,” Caruso continued. “The mindset coming into every match is that we play our game and we don’t take anything for granted.”

For a program that has won 25 state championships, the standard for the Colts is always clear. What CBA is building this year, match by match, looks every bit like a team that understands what their standard demands.