Successional Senior Day for Wildcat Tennis

MCKENZIE, Tenn. – The Bethel Lady Wildcats and Wildcats enjoyed a big day Tuesday celebrating Senior Day with two victories over the visiting Freed-Hardeman Lady Lions and Lions.

The Lady Cats won 6-1 while the men took a 4-3 win in the nightcap.

The Lady Cats finished the day at 8-9 overall and 4-6 in the MSC. FHU dropped to 4-9 and 2-8.

The Cats moved to 5-12 and 3-7. The Lions fell to 5-9 and 2-8.

Individual Results:

Men:

https://ioncourt.com/ties/6435657b85e2c904dc7f17f9

Women:

https://ioncourt.com/ties/6435668185e2c904dc7f41fc

Senior ceremonies took place after the matches.

Samantha Jo Stone, Kelsie Seiber, Tijana Svitlica, Sophia Vasconcellos and Anabelle Baralt were saluted from the women's program.

Ethan Nichols, Marco Neves and Renato Gravina were recognized and saluted from the men's program.

Coach Derrick Hubble spoke about his seniors and their time together, "Today marks four years together with these outstanding student-athletes. It is a bittersweet day for me. I am sad but happy as well as I know these young people are about to embark on a new season of life. This is my first recruiting class and each of these young people will forever hold a special place in my heart."

Hubble added, "I recall the first time I spoke with each one. When they were freshman, I remember our teams got off to the best starts in ten years. Little did we know our seasons would be cut short by COVID-19. We have persevered however, and each has enjoyed success and the ups have overshadowed any lows we may have experienced. We have endured and I cannot find the words to tell each of these seniors how proud I am of them. It has been a fun ride and we feel it is not over. We feel we can make some noise in the conference championship."