The Souhegan top doubles team of Ori Dart, right, and Callie Perrin, shown after last year's finals, continue to win this season, including Monday's Division I semifinals vs. Plymouth. Telegraph file photo by TOM KING)

Play it again, Souhegan and Portsmouth.

That’s exactly what the two Division II girls high school tennis powers will do on Wednesday at the Dover High School courts with the state championship on the line.

It’s the second straight year they will compete in the finals, Souhegan winning 5-4 and then beating the Clippers again by the same score in the second match of the season waaaay back on April 8.

The Sabers are returning to the place, Dover, where they last suffered defeat. Monday they dispatched of No. 4 Plymouth 9-0 for their 33rd straight victory.

“The girls played well today,” Sabers coach Bo Dean said. “Plymouth has a solid team. We needed to play well today to beat them and to get ready to move on in the tournament and they definitely provided a challenge for us today.”

There were some competitive moments in this one, especially when Emma Perrin needed a tiebreaker to defeat the Bobcats’ Mikayla Walker 9-8 at No. 4 singles. Conversely, Dean felt that Sophia Yates’ 8-1 win over Plymouth’s Izzy Son. “She dominated her match, which was good to see,” Dean said. “My girls came out and played really good tennis today.”

But Dean knows what decides the close matches, and it’s doubles. The Sabers lost just three games in doubles on Monday, with Callie Perrin/Ori Dart (8-0), Emma Perrin/Mari Dart (8-0) and Yates/Elli Brower (8-3) all cruised. Last year’s title match came down to Callie Perrin and Ori Dart winning in their doubles match in the heat at the Alvirne High School courts.

“We have continued to play really well in doubles all year,” Dean said. “Doubles has been a real strongpoint for us, and we hope that can continue as we move forward into Wednesday.”

It’s what the match vs. Portsmouth did a year ago and in the regular season matchup.

“I prefer if we could come out strong and have a little buffer,” Dean said. “But you’re right, it comes down to doubles every time. … It’s going to be on us to get out there and start strong and finish strong.”

There was no problem with that in the semis. In the other matches, No. 1 Callie Perrin (8-0), No. 2 Ori Dart (8-1), No. 4 Mari Dart (8-4) and No. 6 Brower (8-3) all cruised at Amherst’s Camp Young Judea.

And the hope was that this was a good tuneup.

“Totally, absolutely,” Dean said. “Plymouth kept the ball in play, just like Portsmouth does.There were a lot of long rallies, not a tremendous amount of easy points. It was a really good tuneup for us and the things we can work on in practice.”

The Sabers have been dominant all season long. Other than the four matches they lost in the first Portsmouth encounter, they’ve only lost six in the other 15 matches. These Sabers play like there is no pressure to repeat.

“We’ve never focused on that,” Dean said. “We didn’t come out and say if we don’t get to the finals it’s a bust. We just play good tennis every week, improve, focus on that.

“I’ve just got a deep squad, I’ve got girls who could play anywhere else but on my squad they can’t get into the starting lineup. But it’s been good for all of our squad, and to improve the tennis across the board for my girls. No pressure.”