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Toppers close regular season, earn No. 4 seed for SSAC Tournament

New Albany, Miss. — Blue Mountain Christian closed its regular season with a win over the Rust Bearcats on Thursday and will enter the SSAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed, the school said on its athletics website.

The Toppers set the tone in doubles, taking two matches. Camila Mordiz and Eugenia Ramos earned a 6-4 victory at No. 1 doubles, and Nami Malyaporn and Kiersten Terris followed with a 6-3 win. Blue Mountain Christian claimed the third doubles point by default after Rust did not have enough players to complete the lineup, the school said.

In singles, Mordiz delivered a 6-1, 6-0 win and Ramos posted a 6-0, 6-0 sweep. Lina Cetina added a 6-4, 6-4 victory. Terris fell 4-6, 0-6, and Malyaporn dropped a tight match decided by a 10-5 match tiebreaker. The Toppers also secured a singles win by default at the final position, the release said.

With the regular season complete, Blue Mountain Christian turns its full attention to the SSAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."