 Hello, and welcome to the Evan Clifton show. I'm Joe Wamba, joined with Evan Clifton, head coach of the tennis teams. And coach this past week, you guys go to Lebanon Valley after hosting Lebanon Valley and unable to finish it out in the semifinals of the MAC tournament. But just talk about how those matches went for you. Yeah. I mean, like we said last week, we knew it was going to be a tough match. We knew that at certain spots we matched up pretty well and that if we could win a couple of the 50-50 matchups that we would have our chance. And it looked like it sort of looked a lot like that. At one doubles, I think we were close early on, but then we got the break back. And then I think we broke them two or three times in a row and really kind of ran away with that match. And that was the first point. So it was nice to get that 1-0 lead. Three doubles, we really started really poorly. We started very slow. We were down 4-5-0 right away. Came back a bit, closed things up, got back to within one break, but then just couldn't quite, we sort of, they pulled ahead at the end. And we lost that match 8-4. Two doubles was really where we played our best, at least as far as improving from last time. I mean, we had a new team up there. We put Doug and Kevin up at two. And Kevin hasn't played a conference doubles match in a while. And he really stepped up and Doug played well. And they were, there was no breaks of serve until I think we were up 4-3. Or they were up 4-3. It was 4-all and then they broke us. And then they put together a couple of games. But really at 4-all it was, went from deuce to add out, add in. Back and forth, it was a super long game. And we got hats off to Lebanon Valley and those guys at two doubles. They were able to pull that game out and really seize that momentum and coasted from there. So we went into singles. We knew it wasn't over, down 2-1. We just got to win four out of six singles matches. And we were up a set at one, down a set at two. But we were 4-all and Warnon was playing well. And then Doug Vaughn, who was playing as well as he's played all year and really stepped up huge for us, played their normal number two and took the first set in a tie break and was up a break early in the third set. But unfortunately at 4-5 and 6, Lebanon Valley, their depth was just better than ours. And they won those matches in straight sets and relatively routinely scores. And that gave them the five wins. And in the tournament, once you get to five, you stop play. And so unfortunately, we didn't get to finish those matches for Brian, Warnon, and Doug. So that stuff ends the career for three seniors, for Brian, for Kevin, and for Tony. So certainly it is painful to see those guys go out not on top, not with a conference championship, but certainly doesn't take anything away from the career those three had and where Brian stands and all the records. So certainly, a lot to be proud of this year for those guys. And they're motivated. I know I've seen a few of them already out there on the court's training on their own and stuff for next year. So we're hungry. And we know the target is on Lebanon Valley and Messiah's back, and we know what we're aiming for now. Yeah, those three seniors have had a distinguished career, especially Brian. And they've also had an impact on both teams, both men's and women's teams, as far as motivating and showing tips and know-hows and things like that. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, Brian stands at the top of our doubles wins all time and combines singles and doubles. He's certainly up there at things top five, at least. And he's just been a huge, great leader. And yeah, sir, it'll miss all three of those guys. Tony brings a ton of passion, a ton of energy to every practice match. Kevin competes extremely hard, pushes everybody in practice, keeps things light, and it'll be up to our returners and the guys we have, the freshmen and transfers we have coming in to continue that and build on that and for those guys to assume a larger role next year, because they'll need to be more vocal. They'll need to be the one set in an example, like our seniors did this year. You talk about years to come about the transfers and freshmen, a lot of youth on both teams, especially on the women's team, is just now progressing. How excited are you for the years to come? Yeah, very excited. I mean, like I said, we had a doubles team make the finals of the championship doubles draw in the fall. Jenna and Kelsey were named second team all conference as freshmen. And I think that's our first all conference selection on the women's side in a couple years, three, maybe four years. So things, and there's, again, they're freshmen. So, and we've got more freshmen coming and that are just as skilled as the girls we have and that sort of thing. So we're definitely gonna be better. And if we can flip those two, five, four matches we had earlier in the spring, there's conference five, four losses to Messiah and to Lycoming, then we're in the playoffs. Who knows, maybe we're still playing. So it's not, the gap is not large at all. So we can, even if the girls returning just get a little bit better and we add the freshmen coming in and they can make even the slightest amount of impact in the lineup. And I fully expect that we'll be a playoff team and we'll be a team condemning for the title next year. Well, coach, we appreciate your time every week and congratulations on a successful season as it was. And we look forward to next year's and congratulations to the three seniors that will be graduating this year on the men's side. Thank you. He's Evan Clifton, I'm Joe Waman. This has been the Evan Clifton Show.