CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's tennis team improved to 3-0 on their young season with a 9-0 win over Alcorn State on Tuesday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex. The wins marks for the second-straight contest in which the Lady Choctaws have shutout their opponent.
 
In doubles action, Brenna Keller and AnneMarie Kimball and Aneta Golawska and Tori Roberts both saw their doubles records climb to a team-best 3-0 on the year. A. Kimball and Keller knocked off Bianca Birkenstock and Anastasia Vaganova 8-1 in the number one spot, while Golawska and Roberts won the tiebreaker 7-3 to claim the dramatic 9-8 win in the number two spot against Ammaarah Tim and Alessandra Maganuco.
 
In singles play, Keller (6-3, 6-1), Nicole Bueno (6-0, 6-1), Sofia Gonzalez-Carrera (6-1, 6-1) and A. Kimball (6-4, 6-4) all downed their opponents in straight sets. Bueno, A. Kimball, Golawska and RebeccaGrace Kimball all improved their single's record to a team-best 3-0 with their wins in their respective matchups.
 
The Lady Choctaws will return to action on Friday, Feb. 23 when they will take part in the Ouachita Baptist Invitational in Arkadelphia, Ark.  
 

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Mississippi College 9, Alcorn 0
Feb 20, 2018 at Clinton, Miss. (MC Tennis Complex) 
 

Singles competition

1. Brenna Keller (MC) def. Bianca Birkenstock (ALCNW) 6-3, 6-1

2. Nicole Bueno (MC) def. Ammaarah Tim (ALCNW) 6-0, 6-1

3. S. Gonzalez-Carrera (MC) def. Alessandra Maganuco (ALCNW) 6-1, 6-1

4. AnneMarie Kimball (MC) def. Anastasia Vaganova (ALCNW) 6-4, 6-4

5. Aneta Golawska (MC) def. Marlene Maier (ALCNW) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)

6. RebeccaGrace Kimball (MC) def. Klavdija Bukovec (ALCNW) 8-6

Doubles competition

1. Brenna Keller/AnneMarie Kimball (MC) def. Bianca Birkenstock/Anastasia Vaganova (ALCNW) 8-1

2. Aneta Golawska/Tori Roberts (MC) def. Ammaarah Tim/Alessandra Maganuco (ALCNW) 9-8 (7-3)

3. S. Gonzalez-Carrera/RebeccaGrace Kimball (MC) def. Marlene Maier/Klavdija Bukovec (ALCNW) 8-4

Match Notes

Alcorn 0-6

Mississippi College 3-0

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,2,1,4,6,5)

 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC is recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and will be competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.
 
The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.
 
For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.