NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A day after pulling off an upset, the no. 5 seeded Centre men's tennis team saw its 2025 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Tournament trip come to an end with a 4-0 semifinal setback to top seed Sewanee. 

Doubles action went the way of the Tigers. Ty Bush and Dylan Dethridge fell 6-2 to Jordan Theron and Quinn Wicklund in the battle of the top pairings. Isaac Flanery and Emerson Dean fell 6-0 in the no. 3 match versus Talman Ramsey and Gil Weston.  

Ben Rueff and Chase Turley were tied 4-4 with Andre Jakobi and Ben Lammert in the second seeded match when doubles play was called.  

Singles action saw the no. 2 match finish first. Bush dropped a 6-1, 6-3 decision to Jakobi. The next contest to wrap up was the top seeded match. Rueff lost 6-1, 6-1 to Theron in that battle. The last singles match to be completed was the no. 5 match, which saw Jett Anderson fall 6-0, 6-2 to Ramsey. 

Three solo contests were left unfinished. In no. 3 action Dethridge was down 6-1, 4-3 to Lammert as the match wrapped. Flanery was behind 6-4, 3-2 to Wicklund in the no. 4 match when play was called. Jasper Gazzo was trailing 7-5, 1-0 to Weston in the sixth-seeded match when the match was halted. 

WRAPPING UP  
The Gold & White finished the year with an 8-12 overall record and a 2-4 SAA mark.