The Amherst girls tennis team’s breakthrough season finally reached its conclusion on Sunday.

The fifth-seeded Hurricanes, playing shorthanded without multiple regular starters, bowed out of the MIAA Division 2 state tournament in the quarterfinal round, falling on the road to No. 4 Hingham, 5-0.

Amherst finished its season 14-4 overall, and made its deepest run in the state tournament since the MIAA moved to its statewide format in 2022. The Hurricanes had previously topped out in the Round of 32 the past two seasons.

Perennial power Hingham, which was a Division 1 program until two years ago, advanced to play top-seeded Longmeadow in the state semifinals on Wednesday.

Hingham didn’t drop a set en route to the win. The closest match of the day came at No. 2 singles, where Sanya Khadivi took down Amherst’s Mahima Ganesan, 6-4, 6-3.

Amherst, which played without No. 1 singles player Katie Gromacki, bumped Emma Learned-Miller into the top spot and she dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Hingham’s Sam Ruddick.

At third singles, Allie Osman moved up from her regular spot at first doubles and fell to Hingham’s Hannah Mello, 6-1, 6-1.

Amherst’s first doubles team of Janaki Ewoton and Cynthia Tian were beaten 6-0, 6-1, while the No. 2 doubles pairing of Aliya Nazirova and Marin Carlyon fell, 6-0, 6-0.

The future is bright for a young Amherst team however, as the ’Canes will return the majority of their starting lineup in 2026.