Story and results updated Sunday, April 21

Mary Baldwin closed out its 2024 USA South Athletic Conference men's and women's tennis seasons with a pair of losses to Methodist University Saturday.

The #3 MBU doubles team of Brandon Kincaid and Brandon Murphy picked up the hosts' only point in the Fighting Squirrels 8-1 loss to Methodist.  Kincaid and Murphy topped the Methodist #3 tandem of Royce South and William Johnston by an 8-5 margin.

MBU's Solomon Hines, playing the #5 singles position, won the second set and went to a tiebreaker against Johnston before falling 6-3, 4-6 (10-7) to finish the match. 

In the women's match, MBU's #2 Kelsey Bantel worked hard before falling 6-3, 6-2 vs. Caitlin Tihanovich.  Gabrielle Wyatt also won two games in her #4 singles match and one in her #2 doubles contest.

The men's team finished the season with a 1-13 overall record, 0-6 in the USA South.  The women's team, which has a non-conference battle on the schedule for Sunday afternoon at Trinity University in D.C., is 1-13 overall and 0-8 in USA South play.

Men
Methodist 8, Mary Baldwin 1
SINGLES    
1. Matt Hurley, MU, d. Eric Leyton, 6-0, 6-0
2. Drew Guernieri, MU, d. Brandon Dewald, 6-1, 6-1
3. Christian Tihanovich, MU, d. Noah Knick, 6-1, 6-0
4. Cameron Roth, MU, d. Adrian Reyes, 6-1, 6-0
5. William Johnston, MU, d. Solomon Hines, 6-3, 4-6 (10-7)
6. Royce South, MU, d. Brandon Kincaid, 6-0, 6-4
DOUBLES
1. Hurley and Harry Crokam, MU, d. Leyton and Dewald, 8-0
2. Guernieri and Decklan Rayner, MU, d. Knick and Reyes, 8-1
3. Kincaid and Brandon Murphy, MBU, d. South and Johnston, 8-5

WOMEN
Methodist 9, Mary Baldwin 0
SINGLES
1. Emma Hulicki, MU, d. Hannah Eastridge, 6-1, 6-0
2. Caitlin Tihanovich, MU, d. Kelsey Bantel, 6-2, 6-3
3. Viva Willocks, MU, d. Lauren Byrnes, 6-1, 6-0
4. Katie Sechrist, MU, d. Gabrielle Wyatt, 6-0, 6-2
5. Willette Rivera Morales, MU, d. Delaney Garner, 6-0, 6-0
6. Annabelle Subirats, MU, won by default
DOUBLES
1. Hulicki and Willocks, MU, d. Eastridge and Bantel, 8-1
2. Tihanovich and Sechrist, MU, d. Byrnes and Wyatt, 8-2
3. Subirats and Morales, MU, won by forfeit