BREVARD, N.C. - The Brevard College tennis program honored its robust 10-member senior class on Saturday morning at the McCoy Tennis Complex. 

Bryce Bernitt, Madison Bowen, Peter Bresko, Hannah Hersh, Hayden LeBlanc, Noah Lewis, Ethan McGee, Jada Ore, Brian Seon, and Sophie Trantham were all honored in a special pre-match ceremony. 

The Tornados tennis teams took on Methodist University. The men (9-5, 2-3 USA South) were swept 7-0 by the Monarchs (11-5, 5-0 USAS), while the women (7-3, 2-3 USAS) took a doubles match and earned two singles wins, but ultimately fell 5-2 to Methodist (7-7, 4-2 USAS). 

Hersh and Trantham teamed up for a senior day sweep at the top-flight doubles position, as the duo defeated Katie Sechrist and Caitlin Tihanovich in resounding fashion, 6-0. 

Methodist cruised 6-3 at the three-spot, leaving the doubles point to be decided at the no. 2 line. Bowen and Ore battled fiercely, and the match went to a tiebreaker, but the Monarchs were able to pull away 7-2 in the tiebreaking game, and win the match overall 7-6. 

In singles, Bowen cruised at the no. 2 spot, 6-1, 6-3, while Trantham had little trouble in a 6-1, 6-4 triumph at the no. 4 line. Hersh (no. 1), Gracie Spangler (no. 3), and Ore (no. 5) battled valiantly in their respective singles matches, dropping sets via tiebreaker, but the Monarchs picked up those matches in straight sets to clinch the overall win. 

The Tornados return to action at home on Monday, April 14 at 11 a.m. against Meredith. 

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