The Bow High girls’ tennis team has lost only one match in the last two seasons, but it’s a glaring one.

After marching through a perfect season in 2016, the Falcons lost a narrow match to Conant for the state title.

This year, the Falcons are back in the final round, once again with a perfect record behind them and the most important match of the spring in front of them.

Bow will square off with Berlin, also undefeated, for the Division III championship on Wednesday (4 p.m.) at Derryfield School. Berlin denied Conant’s bid to repeat in a close 5-4 decision in the quarterfinals, and Bow defeated the Orioles twice during the season. Aside from that and their flawless records, there is not much the Bow and Berlin squads know about each other.

“All we know is they are a very good team,” Bow Coach Jonsey Rainville said of Berlin. “We’re just preparing the best we can and playing the best tennis can to prepare as we would for any other match.”

That has worked well for the Falcons so far. Only twice did more than two Bow players lose matches during the season as the team remained perfect. The Falcons earned two wins by shutout and six by a 8-1 scores. On the other side, Berlin dealt seven shutouts through the spring.

The Mountaineers dominated their opponents and earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament while Bow took No. 2. Berlin nearly took an early exit against eighth-seeded Conant but bounced back with an 8-1 over No. 4 Profile in the semifinals. Bow punched through the first round with ease in an 8-1 win over Sanborn and dispatched No. 3 Pelham in the semifinals, 6-3.

Now that they’re back in the final round of the tournament, the Falcons think they have what it takes to bring the title home. Such confidence for this season wasn’t always there since Bow lost four of its top six players to graduation last year.

The young group of players, led by seniors Nandita Kasireddy and Claire Mulvaney, have already surpassed what Rainville thought this team would do.

“The players have definitely played beyond expectation, the younger players coming up in particular,” Rainville said.

Kasireddy and Mulvaney have been strong at the No. 1 and 2 spots on the ladder, respectively. Isabelle Urbina and Gwen Molind jumped to the top four after playing last year outside the top six. Emma Conley, who was new to the sport and the team last spring, has played well at No. 6.

Perhaps the greatest surprise for Rainville has been the arrival of Lara Chern, a freshman who has been a strong player for Bow at the No. 5 spot.

“Lara was just a pleasant surprise that arrived on our doorstep,” Rainville said. “She stepped right in and took that spot.”

The Falcons have extended their season to the semifinals seven years in a row, including what is now five appearances in the final round. They previously won titles in 2011 and 2013.

After the hit their roster suffered from graduation last spring, the team thought its run of success in the playoffs may be in jeopardy. Instead, it has been business as usual.

“I thought this was a rebuilding year,” Rainville said, “but they’re just much faster builders than I give them credit for.”