ATLANTA—Oglethorpe's tennis teams suffered defeat to Centre Saturday afternoon at home in the penultimate home match of the season. The Stormy Petrel men lost 5-4 while the women lost 9-0.

Oglethorpe had a strong start on the men's side with one doubles match decided 8-6 and the other two going to tiebreaks. Jefferson Page and Zack Raymond won their tiebreak 7-4, but the Petrels came up short in the other two matches. Daniel Cohen and Sam Wasko led their tiebreak at the first crossover, but Centre battled back to win 7-5.

This led Centre to a 2-1 edge through doubles, and the Colonels would then wrap up the match splitting the singles matches.

Bailey Raymond won at No. 2 singles 7-5, 6-0, Figge Pernfors won at No. 4 singles 7-6 (10-8), 3-0 retired, and Z. Raymond won at No. 6 singles 7-5, 6-2 as Oglethorpe's other three victories.

Izzy Forster had the closest match on the women's side as she forced a third set, but the senior lost in a super tiebreaker. Forster took the early lead in the match after winning the first set 6-0.

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Oglethorpe finishes the home season hosting Sewanee Sunday at 9 a.m. for the men and 12 p.m. for the women. The final week of the regular season will see the Petrels hit the road for Millsaps and Birmingham Southern.