NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Bethel Wildcats tennis team capped off their best season on record with a convincing TranSouth Conference Tournament Championship. Bethel did not drop a game in the Tournament to capture the title. The team is undefeated on the season with a 13-0 record and is ranked #7 in the nation.

Bethel swept all six of the All-Conference First Team singles positions:#1Fernando Bucchese, #2 Fernando Ristow, #3 Andres Mejia, #4 Arnaud Bichon, #5 Gustavo Hoewell and #6 Thiago Oliveria. First Team doubles for Bethel was #2 Gustavo Hoewell and Augusto Velez. Bethel also claimed Second Team doubles, #3 Andres Mejia and Fernando Ristow.

Receiving top awards were Bocchese who was named TranSouth Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year. Bocchese is 12-0 in singles competition this season. And Head Coach Gustavo Andrade was awarded with TranSouth Conference Men's Coach of the Year.

Bethel started their march to the championship with a 5-0 win over Lambuth University. Bethel was paired against Cumberland University in the Championship match. The prior Saturday, the Wildcats defeated CU 7-2. The Wildcats looked to put an exclamation point on the Championship as they blanked Cumberland 5-0.

With the Tournament win, the Wildcats are the 2008 TranSouth Conference regular season and tournament champion.

The Wildcats will return to Nashville and Vanderbilt University to play in the NAIA Regional Tournament on Thursday, April 24, 2008.