MBA runs McCallie close in Sewanee invitational

After being cursed with bad weather on the last four visits to play McCallie, we finally had a beautiful summer afternoon for our full line-up to take on the Blue Tornadoes at Sewanee. McCallie's top of the order got them off to a strong start with wins in the first 3 singles matches, but from that point on it was nip and tuck all the way. James Buntin put our first point on the board at no. 4 singles, which was soon added to thanks to wins by Elliott Bragg at no. 6, and Charlie Warner at no. 12. Comeback of the day belonged to Benton Brown, who trailed 3-7 in the no. 7 singles match, only to prevail 9-8 thanks to smart and consistent play. That left McCallie ahead by 8-4 after the first round of matches was complete, but despite the deficit, MBA were able to find a second-wind and began to close the gap. The Tornadoes picked up the 1 & 2 doubles match-ups, but MBA won at 3 (Benton/Mecho), 4 (Elliott/Jackson), and 5 (Porter/Owen). That left the score 10-7 with three singles matches still out on court. Owen Hall played a brilliant tie-break to overcome his opponent 9-8, and Will Harwell playing at no. 13 singles managed to claw back an 0-6 deficit in his own tie-break to 8-6. Unfortunately, McCallie won the last of the singles, allowing them to end up 11-9 winners overall - but every one of our players acquitted themselves well and this is our best result against McCallie in over two years.