Brevard, N.C. – The Brevard College men’s tennis team returned home for their first home match in over three weeks, as the Tornados were edged out by the Lions of Mars Hill 5-4 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

The Tornados fell behind early, as the Lions picked up two wins in doubles play to take an early 2-1 lead.

 

BC’s duo of Konstantin Savelyev and Andrew Thompson defeated the Lions unit of Camilo Bueno and Esteban Mesa at the No. 2 spot, 8-5.

  

The Tornados comeback came up just short, as BC split the six singles bouts with the Lions to ultimately fall 5-4 on the day.

 

At the No. 2 doubles spot, BC’s Thompson bounced back from a tough 6-7 first set loss, to win the second set 6-2 and the third set super-tiebreaker 10-8 to win the match over the Lions’ Taylan Batuk.

 

Like Thompson, Brevard’s Jared Fisher battled back from a first set 6-7 loss to defeat Mesa of Mars Hill in what was arguably the most exciting match of the day. Fisher won the second set 7-6 on a 10-8 tiebreaker and then won the third set super-tiebreaker 10-3 to pick up the win at the No. 3 spot.

 

Freshman Cole Altizer scored a win over Bueno of Mars Hill, again coming from behind to win 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

  

With the loss the Tornados fall to 6-7 on the year.

 

The Tornados will return to action on tomorrow afternoon as they will play host to North Alabama at 3 p.m. on the campus of Brevard College.

 

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1. (MH) Allen/Batuk def. (BC) Altizer/Fisher – 8-4

2. (BC) Savelyev/Thompson def. (MH) Bueno/Mesa – 8-5

3. (MH) Stankovic/Oyaga def. (BC) Apps/Johnston – 8-2

 

1. (MH) John Allen def. (BC) Konstantin Savelyev – 6-1, 6-1

2. (BC) Andrew Thompson def. (MH) Taylan Batuk – 6-7 (10-4), 6-2, (10-8)

3. (BC) Jared Fisher def. (MH) Esteban Mesa – 6-7 (10-3), 7-6 (10-8), (10-3)

4. (BC) Cole Altizer def. (MH) Camilo Bueno – 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

5. (MH) Stevan Stankovic def. (BC) Shane Apps – 6-1, 7-6 (10-4)

6. (MH) Carlos Oyaga def. (BC) Sam Johnston – 6-0, 6-2