ARKADELPHIA, Ark. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team gave #25 Southern Arkansas a scare in a 4-3 loss on Saturday afternoon at the Ouachita Baptist Invitational at the Ward Tennis Center.
The Choctaws dropped to 1-3 on the season, while the Muleriders improved to 2-1.
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DOUBLES ACTION
 - The Choctaws secured the doubles point with wins at #1 and #3, while the #2 match was unfinished since the point had been decided.
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Ben Jarvis and
Maksym Konovalov got things going with a 6-2 win at #3.
 - The French duo of
Francois Le Tallec and
Shane Samyn clinched a 1-0 lead with a 7-5 win at #1.
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Matias Ballatore and
Carlos Trujillo were knotted at 5-5 at #2 when it was called.
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SINGLES ACTION
 - In singles play, the nationally-ranked Muleriders scored the first three points with straight-set wins at #2, #4 and #5.
 - Le Tallec cut the deficit to 3-2 with a straight-set win (7-5, 6-3) over Stuart Rehfuss, who is ranked #8 in the Central Region.
 - SAU tallied the match-clinching point at #3 when Yuri Gondoui, ranked 20th in the Central Region, took down Samyn (7-6 (5), 6-3).
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Brady McDaniel gave the Choctaws the final point of the day with a three-set win over Raymond Marin at #6 (6-3, 3-6, 10-7).
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NEXT UP
 - The Choctaws will wrap up their time in Arkadelphia on Sunday when they face Texas A&M-Texarkana at 10:00 a.m.
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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 began 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 contactÂ
David Nichols at 601-925-3234 orÂ
nichols@mc.edu.
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