SUMTER, S.C. – The 2025 Conference Carolinas Men’s Tennis Championship got underway with five matches on Friday at the Palmetto Tennis Center. Lees-McRae College won a pair of matches to advance to the semifinals while Francis Marion won their lone contest of the day to book a spot in the semifinals.

Eighth seed Lees-McRae started their day with a 4-3 win over fifth seed Barton College in the opening round before topping fourth seed the University of Mount Olive 4-2 in the quarterfinals.

Mount Olive previously defeated ninth seed North Greenville University 4-2 in the opening round to reach the quarterfinals.

In the final first round match, seventh seed Young Harris College topped sixth seed Emmanuel University 4-0. However, the Mountain Lions fell to third seed Francis Marion 4-2.

Lees-McRae will face top seed Belmont Abbey College and Francis Marion takes on second seed Converse University in the semifinals. Both matches will take place on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
 

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2025 Conference Carolinas Men's Tennis Championship

Friday, April 25 - First Round
No. 8 Lees-McRae defeats No. 5 Barton, 4-3 BOX SCORE
No. 4 Mount Olive defeats No. 9 North Greenville, 4-2 BOX SCORE
No. 7 Young Harris defeats No. 6 Emmanuel, 4-0 BOX SCORE

Friday, April 25 - Quarterfinals
No. 8 Lees-McRae defeats No. 4 Mount Olive, 4-2 BOX SCORE
No. 3 Francis Marion vs. No. 7 Young Harris, 4-2 BOX SCORE

Saturday, April 26 - Semifinals
No. 1 Belmont Abbey vs. No. 8 Lees-McRae, 1:00 p.m. 
No. 2 Converse vs. No. 3 Francis Marion, 1:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 27 - Final
Semifinal No. 1 winner vs. Semifinal No. 2 winner, 1:00 p.m.