BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Birmingham-Southern men's tennis team clinched the #2 seed in the SAA tournament after their fifth consecutive conference win on Saturday.

In the final home tennis match at Birmingham-Southern, No. 2 duo Hallet Green/Sam Tolbert won their fifth straight match together with an 8-3 win to start the day. Berry then tied the score at one a piece with a win in the No. 1 doubles match. Needing a win to have the advantage in singles, No. 3 pair Ryan King/Ryan Pearlman headed to a tiebreaker. In a very tight match, the BSC duo came out on top with a 7-3 win in extra games to clinch a 2-1 win in doubles.

The Panthers fell in the No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches, but went four for four in the No. 1 through No. 4 positions. No. 2 Sam Tolbert won the first singles match for BSC with a comfortable 6-4, 6-1 victory. No. 1 Hallet Green then followed with an extremely close first set but a dominant set two for BSC's fourth point. To clinch the win on Senior Day, No. 4 Tanner DeBardelaben bounced back with a tiebreaker win after falling in set two 6-0. No. 3 Ryan King then put the cherry on top with a 10-5 tiebreak win to finalize the score on the day, 6-3.
Final: Birmingham-Southern 6, Berry 3

Singles competition
1. Hallet Green (BSC) def. Noah Koch (BER) 7(9)-6(7), 6-1
2. Sam Tolbert (BSC) def. Diego Lopez (BER) 6-4, 6-1
3. Ryan King (BSC) def. Drayton Matus (BER) 4-6, 6-4, 10-5
4. Tanner DeBardelaben (BSC) def. Jace Goode (BER) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
5. Carsten Balao (BER) def. Tom Smith (BSC) 6-2, 6-3
6. Aiden Benoualid (BER) def. Reed Martinson (BSC) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Noah Koch/Diego Lopez (BER) def. Tanner DeBardelaben/Tom Smith (BSC) 8-5
2. Hallet Green/Sam Tolbert (BSC) def. Bohdan Higley/Drayton Matus (BER) 8-3
3. Ryan King/Ryan Pearlman (BSC) def. Jace Goode/Aiden Benoualid (BER) 8(7)-7(3)

Records
Birmingham-Southern 14-7 (6-1 SAA), #39 Berry 12-8 (2-4 SAA)

Up Next
The Panthers will travel to Murfreesboro, Tenn. for the SAA tournament quarterfinals on Friday, April 26.