LATROBE, Pa. – The Geneva College men's tennis team saw its season come to an end on Tuesday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) playoffs. Geneva entered the tournament as the sixth seed and had to travel to take on the third seed Saint Vincent, and the Bearcats prevailed 9-0. Geneva's season ends with a 6-10 record, while Saint Vincent advances on to the semifinals.
Geneva began the match already in a deficit when sophomore
Nate Heidengren (Aliquippa, Pa./Beaver County Christian), Geneva's #2 player, was unavailable because of an illness. Saint Vincent took advantage, winning all three doubles matches to put Geneva in an early hole.
The Bearcats carried that momentum into the singles play where Geneva was unable to pick up any points, eventually losing all six singles matches.
"This was a tough way to end the season," said Head Coach
Mandee Craft. "It was going to be a tough match already, but not having Nate really made it challenging. We've had a lot of adversity as a team this year, and not having Nate was one more thing to add to the list, but we fought to the very last point. I'm really proud of the way our guys have battled all year despite some things not going their way, and we've became stronger through it."
Geneva will say goodbye to seniors
Jordan King (Washington, Pa./Washington) and
Wesley Larry (Wampum, Pa./Lincoln), but otherwise the Golden Tornadoes should return the core of their team as they look ahead to next season.
Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 80 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, fully online Adult Degree Programs, and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. U.S. News & World Report ranks Geneva as a Top Three Best Value Regional University with one of the Top 100 engineering programs in the nation. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God's Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today's world.
