CLINTON, Miss. --- In a Gulf South Conference match that saw four singles matches go to three sets, the Mississippi College men's tennis team came away with a 5-4 win over Shorter University on Friday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex.

The Choctaws (6-9, 3-5 GSC) got two wins in doubles action to grab an early lead over the Hawks (5-11, 1-6 GSC). Senior Matthew Martin and freshman Joan Valy got an 8-2 win at #2 over Arthur Amat and Patrick Sanders.

Senior Dudley Lampton and freshman Sanders Barrick would give MC the advantage going into singles action with an 8-4 win at #3.

Freshman Lucio Menezes opened singles play with a 6-4, 6-3 win at #2 over Alexis Catillon, while freshman Petar Damjanovic took down Amat in three sets (6-2, 0-6, 2-0, retired).

The clinching win for MC came when freshman Jose Rodrigo Gonzalez took down Sanders in straight sets (6-4, 7-6 (7-5)).

The Hawks would win the final three singles matches, but the Choctaws had already clinched the match and improved to 3-5 in GSC play.

The Choctaws will be back in action on Sunday when they will host North Alabama at 2:00 p.m.


Mississippi College 5, Shorter 4
04/10/15 at Clinton, Miss. (MC Tennis Complex) 

Singles competition

1. Louis Tourtois (SU) def. Joan Valy (MC) 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-5

2. Lucio Menezes (MC) def. Alexis Catillon (SU) 6-4, 6-3

3. Talha Surmawala (SU) def. Matthew Martin (MC) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

4. Petar Damjanovic (MC) def. Arthur Amat (SU) 6-2, 0-6, 2-0, retired

5. Jose Rodrigo Gonzalez (MC) def. Patrick Sanders (SU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)

6. Robert Watson (SU) def. Sanders Barrick (MC) 6-4, 6-7 (0-7), 6-4

 

Doubles competition

1. Louis Tourtois/Alexis Catillon (SU) def. Lucio Menezes/Petar Damjanovic (MC) 8-2

2. Matthew Martin/Joan Valy (MC) def. Arthur Amat/Patrick Sanders (SU) 8-2

3. Sanders Barrick/Dudley Lampton (MC) def. Robert Watson/Talha Surmawala (SU) 8-4

 

Match Notes

Shorter 5-11, 1-6 GSC

Mississippi College 6-9, 3-5 GSC