ARDEN HILLS, Minn. - The Bethel University men's tennis team fell to Carleton 8-1 Wednesday at Ona Orth Athletic Complex. The loss drops BU to 4-4 in MIAC play meaning a chance at a third straight MIAC Playoff berth comes down to its final match on Saturday with St. Scholastica.

A win by the Royals on Saturday would put them in without having to crunch the tiebreaker numbers. At the present moment, with a win BU would be a No. 4 or No. 5 seed pending the result of Saint John's versus Hamline on Thursday evening. SJU is currently a spot ahead of the Royals in fourth. 

A loss by the Royals would put them at minimum in a three-way tie with St. Olaf and St. Scholastica in which tiebreaker procedures would be use. The Royals currently hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over St. Olaf and Hamline, two teams that sit below BU. But of course a win by Bethel would eliminate any tiebreaker procedure. A complete list of the tiebreakers can be found here.

Erik Beckers and Jason Reilly notched the Royals lone point on Wednesday as they were up 7-7 in the No. 1 doubles match before Carleton's top duo retired. 

Start time for Saturday's senior day match with the Saints is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Carleton College 8, Bethel (MN) 1
 
Singles competition
1. Tarm Rojanasoonthon (CAR) def. Erik Beckers (BU) 6-2, 6-1
2. Yuv Kataria (CAR) def. Jason Reilly (BU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Xander Roti (CAR) def. Jacob Lukkarila (BU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Tate Fuller (CAR) def. Luke Wyly (BU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Aswath Viswanathan (CAR) def. Steven Benoy (BU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Will Stepanski (CAR) def. Brett Eliason (BU) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles competition
1. Erik Beckers/Jason Reilly (BU) def. William Walsh/Aswath Viswanathan (CAR) 7-7, retired
2. Yuv Kataria/Aniketh Vipparla (CAR) def. Jacob Lukkarila/Luke Wyly (BU) 8-5
3. Bence Kisgeczi/Noah Mueller (CAR) def. Steven Benoy/Andrew Holmes (BU) 8-5 Read Full Article