BEAVER FALLS, Pa. - The Brevard College men's tennis team completed a successsful Fall Break trip to Maryland and Pennsylvania, competing in four total matches to open the team portion of the 2024-25 schedule.
 
The Tornados' 4-0 start marks its best start to a season in NCAA history, as Brevard begins a campaign unbeaten through four matches for the first time.
 
Brevard was dominant on its trip up north, kicking off the trip with 6-1 wins over Washington and Jefferson on Monday as well as a 6-1 triumph at McDaniel on Tuesday. BC then swept Penn State Altoona 7-0 on Wednesday before concluding the week with a 6-1 victory at Geneva on Friday, capping off the highly-successful week for BC men's tennis.
   
The week began for Brevard on Monday in Washington, Pennsylvania as the Tornados matched up with W&J at the Janet Swanson Tennis Center. Number-one doubles duo of Bryce Bernitt and Ayden Montero handled Jackson Akers and Alex Duing 6-1. Meanwhile, Hayden LeBlanc and Noah Boyles teamed up in the number-two spot to defeat Buck Kubic and Connor Simms, 6-1, clinching the doubles point for the Nados. This year in NCAA DIII, tennis is on a seven-point match scale, with doubles counting as one point.
 
Brevard then moved on to singles where the Tornados took five out of six matches to wrap the 6-1 victory up. LeBlanc, Bernitt, Montero, Boyles, and Ethan McGee all earned singles wins to propel the Tornados to a season-opening W.
   
BC then traveled to Westminster, Maryland to take on the McDaniel Green Terror on Tuesday at the Warfield Tennis Courts. This time around, BC swept doubles competition as duos of Burnett/Montero, Caelan Byrd/McGee, and Nathan Bookout/Brian Seon all took wins in doubles action.
 
LeBlanc took his second number-one singles victory of the trip over Connor Neal, 6-3, 6-1, while Bernitt earned a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Jake Kegley at the number-two spot. Montero dominated Drew Ryder 6-1, 6-0 in number-three singles while Boyles collected a 6-2, 6-4 win in the number-four spot. Bookout rounded out the singles wins for the Tornados, 6-1, 6-0, as Brevard clinched its second win of the trip 6-1.
   
BC next made the trip to Altoona, Pennsylvania for its third match of the trip, a dominant 7-0 victory over Penn State Altoona.
 
Teams of Bernitt/Montero, LeBlanc/Boyles, and Byrd/McGee all earned doubles wins, while the Tornados swept singles play for the first time on the trip.
 
LeBlanc, Bernitt, and Montero all won numbers one-three singles in straight sets, while McGee took a 6-3, 6-1 victory in number-six singles. Byrd earned a thrilling three-set win in the number four spot, coming from behind after a first-set loss to defeat Jackson Newell 6-3 in the second set and 10-6 in the tiebreaker. Boyles won in three sets as well, overcoming a close second-set loss to win a 10-6 tiebreaker, as BC finished off its sweep.
   
BC concluded its Fall Break trip in Beaver Falls in a Tornado battle as the Brevard College Tornados took on the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes at the Blackhawk Courts. BC fell in number-one doubles for the first time on the young season, but LeBlanc/Boules and McGee/Seon picked up the point with victories in number two and three doubles action.
 
BC fell in top-flight singles play as Bernitt lost a tight match to Braiden Smalley, however the Tornados earned wins the rest of the way as Montero, Boyles, Byrd, McGee, and Bookout cleaned up numbers two-six singles and wrapped the trip up with a 6-1 team win.
 
Brevard's Fall season concludes with a home scrimmage against Truett McConnell University on Tuesday, October 29 at the McCoy Tennis Complex.
 
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