BUENA VISTA, Va. – The Brevard College women's tennis team (8-4, 3-4 USA South) narrowly fell 4-3 to Southern Virginia University (8-6, 5-2 USAS) on Saturday afternoon at the Knights Tennis Complex. 
 
The Tornados, who had already wrapped up the five-seed in the upcoming USA South Conference Women's Tennis Tournament, now will set their sights on a first-round matchup against Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, scheduled for Tuesday, April 22 at 11 a.m. 
 
In Saturday's matchup, Southern Virginia set the tone by sweeping doubles play. The Knights took the top flight by a final of 6-2 before a pair of tight doubles matches ensued. Madison Bowen and Jada Ore paired up in the second spot, taking the match down to the wire but ultimately falling 7-5. Gracie Spangler and Casey Wampler also battled valiantly, but were trumped 6-4 in their doubles match to give the Knights the clean doubles sweep and a 1-0 overall match lead. 
 
In singles action, Ore (6-3, 6-3), and Wampler (6-3, 6-1) had little trouble at the five and six spots for the Tornados. Conversely though, the Knights earned singles wins at numbers one, three, and four in straight-set fashion, clinching the overall match win by a final of 4-3. 
 
Bowen, a senior from Greensboro, North Carolina, came away with an impressive singles win at the number-two spot for Brevard. Bowen fell behind with a 4-6 defeat in the first set, but rallied by winning the second set, 6-4. Finally, in a decisive third set, Bowen clinched the singles victory with a 6-2 third-set result. 
 
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