Men's Tennis | 4/15/2023 6:32:00 PM
Box Score BREVARD, N.C. Methodist University men's tennis faced off with USA South Athletic Conference foe Brevard College, in league action, on Saturday morning. The red-hot Monarchs earned their fourth straight 9-0 victory following the defeat of the Tornados at McCoy Tennis Complex.
JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Methodist def. Brevard 9-0
Records: Methodist 5-10 (3-2 USA South), Brevard 5-11 (3-3)
Location: McCoy Tennis Complex; Brevard, North Carolina
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Matthew Hurley and Wills Belser set the tone for Methodist with an 8-1 win, in number one doubles, over Bryce Bernitt and Noah Lewis of Brevard. On court three, Will Trocchi and Evan Kane of the Monarchs picked up an 8-2 win against the Tornados' own JaMarcus Walker and Brian Seon.
- Andrew Wood and Cameron Roth finished off the doubles sweep, 3-0, for Methodist by defeating the Brevard duo of Ethan McGee and James Srsich 8-5.
- Hurley produced the only 6-0, 6-0 set scores for the Monarchs in his No. 1s singles flight against Bernitt of the Tornados. Dropping just one game (6-1, 6-0) was Methodist own Kane as he took down Brevard's Walker.
- Both Belser and Roth of the Monarchs, on courts two and four respectively, each won with identical set scores of 6-2. McGee from the Tornados ended up on the losing end against Belser while Roth's counterpart was Srsich of Brevard.
- With scores of 6-2, 6-0, Wood made the match score 8-0 in favor of Methodist after he defeated Lewis in No. 3 singles. Brevard came close to winning on court six as Seon battled Brady Mendler from the Monarchs. Seon took the first set 6-4 but Mendler would win the next two sets, including the super tiebreaker (6-4, 10-6).
UP NEXT
Methodist is in the midst of a three-match road series with its next match being on Tuesday against USA South rival North Carolina Wesleyan University, ranked 16
th in the nation. The match is set to start at 3 PM.
