The Battling Bishops men's tennis team won their 8th consecutive conference Tennis title beating the second seed Methodist 8-1. Saturday during the semi finals the Bishops whitewashed Piedmont 9-0 to advance to Sunday's finals. As the top seeded team in the conference the Battling Bishops had a Friday Bye and their two tournament matches won by a combined 17-1. Next step for the Bishop Tennis team is the NCAA D3 playoffs in early May.
The Women's tennis team won their opening match on Friday as the number three seed and took down Piedmont 8-1. The semi final match was against second seed Covenant who as the number two seed had a Friday bye and the rest paid off for Covenant as they win 6-3 ending the season for the Lady Battling Bishops.
The Bishop Baseball team opened play at Fleming Stadium Thursday night with a 3-1 victory over Covenant 3-1. Moving in the winners bracket the four Thursday winners meet in two games at Bauer Field Friday morning while the four Thursday losers started out in Wilson at Fleming Stadium. Facing Huntingdon in the winners bracket game the Bishops failed to hold a lead in the eighth inning and lost 8-7.
Now in the losers bracket the Bishops faced off against Ferrum in a Friday night face off and destroyed Ferrum 10-1. Surviving the first elimination game Saturday the Bishops face Lagrange and the Bishops tournament ended with a 7-3 loss. The Bishops end their baseball season next weekend facing Ferrum.
The softball team had an impressive beginning as the third seed in the softball tournament at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex. They did away with Greensboro 21-3 in five innings. The second game on Friday in the winners bracket saw extra innings and the Lady Bishops came up on the short end of the stick 4-3 losing to Ferrum. Now in the losers bracket saw an end to softball season losing to Maryville 4-3.
Benvenue Country Club was the scene for three days of golf where NC Wesleyan men finished seventh.
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