PENSACOLA, Fla. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team suffered their first loss of the year in Gulf South Conference play in a 9-0 setback to number-one ranked West Florida on Friday afternoon. With the loss, MC's record falls to 8-6 overall, and 4-1 in GSC matches.
In singles play,
Marcos Rocca took Sebastian Sanchez to a tiebreaker-third set, before eventually falling to Sanchez in the number three matchup (7-6, 6-7, 10-4).
In Doubles,
Joan Valy and
Marcos Rocca lost for just the second time this season, dropping their record as a pair to 9-2. The duo played the number-one ranked doubles unit Alex Peyrot and Pedro Dumont hard, but came up just short in an 8-6 defeat.
The Choctaws will return to action on Saturday, April 1 against the number-seventh ranked Blazers of Valdosta State University. First serve for tomorrow's match is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
#1 West Florida 9, Mississippi College 0
Mar 31, 2017 at Pensacola, Fla. (Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex)
| Singles competition |
| 1. #3 Alex Peyrot (UWF) def. Joan Valy (MC) 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2. Serdar Bojadjiev (UWF) def. Lucio Menezes (MC) 6-4, 6-1 |
| 3. Sebastian Sanchez (UWF) def. Marcos Rocca (MC) 7-6, 6-7, 10-4 |
| 4. Lucas Sanchez (UWF) def. Trey Randall (MC) 6-3, 6-0 |
| 5. Douglas Boe (UWF) def. Petar Damjanovic (MC) 6-1, 6-1 |
| 6. Robin Rafaitin (UWF) def. Max Nilges (MC) 7-5, 6-0 |
| Match Notes |
| Mississippi College 8-6, 4-1 GSC |
| West Florida 19-1, 7-0 GSC; National ranking #1; Regional ranking #1 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (5,1,4,2,6,3) |
