Hilton Head, S.C. – The Brevard College men’s tennis team pushed their winning streak to three matches in a row on Tuesday morning, as they won all six singles bouts to defeat Messiah College (Pa.) 8-1 in Hilton Head, S.C.

 

Brevard jumped out to an early 2-1 lead, scoring a win at both the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles slots.

 

At the No. 1 doubles position, the Tornados tandem of Cole Altizer and Jared Fisher blew past Messiah College’s squad of Nathan Ipsen and Jonathan Siemen 8-1.

 

At the No. 2 doubles, BC’s Konstantin Savelyev and Andrew Thompson defeated Jansen Hein and William Tanis of Messiah 8-6, to help give Brevard the early lead.

 

With a 2-1 lead, the Tornados too all six singles matches to pull away with the 8-1 win.

 

At the No. 1 spot, the Tornados Savelyev defeated Ipsen in straight sets 6-2, 6-3, while his doubles partner Thompson also won in straight sets, beating Siemen 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 2 slot.

 

Perhaps the toughest match of the day was played at the No. 3 singles position as Fisher won a first set tiebreaker 7-5 to win the set 7-6. Fisher then carried over his momentum to the second set, winning 6-2, to take the match from Messiah’s Hein.

 

BC’s Altizer dropped Samuel Shorts of Messiah College, 6-3, 6-2, at the No. 4 slot, while Shane Apps defeated Tanis 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 5 spot.

 

At the No. 6 singles slot, Sam Johnston of Brevard held on to defeat Messiah College’s Luke Ruch 6-2, 7-5.

 

With the win the Tornados improve to 4-5 on the season.

 

The Tornados will continue their Spring Break play on Wednesday, March 19, when they will take on Alleghany College (Pa.) at 8 a.m. in Hilton Head, S.C.

 

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