CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team opened the 2015 season on Wednesday with a 6-3 loss to Division I Alcorn State at the MC Tennis Complex.

The Choctaws (0-1) began the match with a victory at #1 doubles as freshmen Lucio Menezes and Petar Damjanovic took down Ernesto Santillan and Nikita Kostikov by a score of 8-5. The Braves grabbed wins at the #2 and #3 doubles to take a 2-1 advantage going into singles play.

Freshman Joan Valy opened play with a win over Santillan at the #1 singles, 7-5, 6-4. Menezes also grabbed a victory at #2 singles over Kostikov in three sets, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4.

ASU would sweep the final four matches to collect the victory as senior Dudley Lampton went to three sets with Kilian Salgado, falling 6-4, 4-6, 10-4.

The Choctaws will be back in action this weekend at the Ouachita Baptist Invitational in Arkadelphia, Ark. They will face OBU at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and Southwest Baptist at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
 

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Alcorn State 6, Mississippi College 3
02/18/15 at Clinton, Miss. (MC Tennis Complex) 

Singles competition

1. Joan Valy (MC) def. Ernesto Santillan (ASU) 7-5, 6-4

2. Lucio Menezes (MC) def. Nikita Kostikov (ASU) 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4

3. Nischay Rawal (ASU) def. Matthew Martin (MC) 6-1, 6-4

4. Vasudev Vijayaraman (ASU) def. Petar Damjanovic (MC) 6-3, 6-3

5. Garry Amor (ASU) def. Jose R. Gonzalez (MC) 6-1, 6-3

6. Kilian Salgado (ASU) def. Dudley Lampton (MC) 6-4, 4-6, 10-4

 

Doubles competition

1. Lucio Menezes/Petar Damjanovic (MC) def. Ernesto Santillan/Nikita Kostikov (ASU) 8-5

2. Nischay Rawal/Vasudev Vijayaraman (ASU) def. Joan Valy/Matthew Martin (MC) 8-6

3. Garry Amor/Kilian Salgado (ASU) def. Sanders Barrick/Dudley Lampton (MC) 8-4