The Hope College men's tennis team concluded its season in the MIAA Tournament finals, battling hard but ultimately falling at top-seeded Kalamazoo College, 4-0, on Saturday.

The second-seeded Flying Dutchmen opened the match with with a victory at No. 3, but the Hornets took the remaining two doubles matches to gain the early edge.

In singles play, Kalamazoo (15-5) garnered straight set wins at the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 flights to end the match and secure the MIAA's berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Hope, which was runner-up to the Hornets during the regular season, finished at 9-13 overall.

Doubles

1D: Alex Fleming/Cameron Crosby (KZOO) def. Austin Becksvoort/Ned Curley (HPE), 7-5;

2D: Adnan Alousi/Derek Blackwell (KZOO) def. Alec Maynard/Cooper Nugent (HPE), 6-4;

3D: Paul Schneider/Elliot Dozeman (HPE) def. Julian Bilbao/Will Seymour (KZOO), 6-3.

Singles

1S: Adnan Alousi (KZOO) vs. Cooper Nugent (HPE), 6-2, 4-4, unfinished;

2S: Alex Fleming (KZOO) def. Ned Curley (HPE), 6-1, 6-1;

3S: Cameron Crosby (KZOO) def. Paul Schneider (HPE), 6-4, 6-2;

4S: Derek Blackwell (KZOO) def. Rylan Doden (HPE), 6-2, 6-1;

5S: Will Seymour (KZOO) vs. Karsten Patel (HPE), 6-2, 3-1, unfinished;

6S: Julian Bilbao (KZOO) vs. Austin Becksvoort (HPE), 7-5, 3-0, unfinished.