CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team picked up their first victory of the 2019 season and improved to 1-0 in Gulf South Conference play on Valentine's Day against Shorter University. The final score of the match was 7-0 in favor of MC. The Choctaws will improve to 1-1 on the year and the Hawks will fall to 2-2.
The clean sweep for the Choctaws began in doubles action as the teams of Shane Samyn and Max Niles, and Brady McDaniel and Ben Jarvis picked up victories 6-3 and 6-1 respectively giving MC the doubles point.

The Choctaws winning continued in singles action as Samyn, Niles, McDaniel and Jarvis all won in straight sets. Maksyn Konovalov and Francois Le Tallec also picked up straight set wins for the Choctaws on the afternoon giving MC the clean 7-0 sweep.

The men's team will be back in action tomorrow Friday Feb. 15 as they travel to Arkadelphia, Ark to take place in the Ouachita Baptist Invitational, their first match in the tournament will be against the host, Ouachita Baptist, and is scheduled to start at 5:00 P.M.

 

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		Mississippi College		Shorter University
		7		0

#1 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes GREGOIRE VINCENT, Shorter University 1 6 Order of finish: 3 Maksym Konovalov, Mississippi College 6 7

#2 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes MALIK YAWAR, Shorter University 1 4 Order of finish: 2 Francois Le Tallec, Mississippi College 6 6

#3 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes KIRANDEVAA NAMADEVAN, Shorter University 4 5 Order of finish: 3 Shane Samyn, Mississippi College 6 7

#4 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes BENJAMIN GINTER, Shorter University 0 3 Order of finish: 1 Max Nilges, Mississippi College 6 6

#5 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes ANTHONY LEKOKO, Shorter University 5 2 Order of finish: 6 Brady McDaniel, Mississippi College 7 5

#6 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes CALEB DILLER, Shorter University 0 4 Order of finish: 5 Ben Jarvis, Mississippi College 6 6

 

#1 DOUBLES   1     2     3   Notes GREGOIRE VINCENT/MALIK YAWAR, Shorter University 4 Francois Le Tallec/Maksym Konovalov, Mississippi College 5

#2 DOUBLES   1     2     3   Notes KIRANDEVAA NAMADEVAN/BENJAMIN GINTER, Shorter University 3 Order of finish: 2 Shane Samyn/Max Nilges, Mississippi College 6

#3 DOUBLES   1     2     3   Notes ANTHONY LEKOKO/CALEB DILLER, Shorter University 1 Order of finish: 1 Brady McDaniel/Ben Jarvis, Mississippi College 6

 

Match Notes

Mississippi College 1-1, 1-0 GSC

Shorter University 2-2, 1-0 GSC

Generated on 2/14/2019
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and started 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.
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