ARKADELPHIA, Ark. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team closed out the Ouachita Baptist Invitational with a 5-2 win over Texas A&M-Texarkana on Sunday morning at the Ward Tennis Center.

The Choctaws improved to 2-3 on the season, while the Eagles fell to 2-3.
 

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DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Choctaws got off to a fast start with wins at all three doubles matches.
  - Ben Jarvis and Maksym Konovalov opened things with a 6-2 win at #3, while Francois Le Tallec and Shane Samyn clinched the point with a 6-3 victory at #1.
  - Matias Ballatore and Carlos Trujillo needed a tie-breaker, but closed out the perfect doubles point with a 7-6 (6-3) win at #2.
 

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SINGLES ACTION
  - Jarvis opened singles play with a straight-set win (6-1, 6-3) at #6 to move the MC lead to 2-0.
  - The Eagles got their first victory of the match at #2 singles, but Ballatore responded with a straight-set victory (6-4, 6-3) at #4.
  - Brady McDaniel tallied the match-clinching point with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at the #5 position.
  - Trujillo dropped a hard-fought three-setter at #3, but Le Tallec closed things out with a 6-4, 7-5 win at #1.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws are scheduled to play their first home match of the season on Wednesday (Feb. 19) when they host New Orleans at 1:00 p.m. at the MC Tennis Complex.
 

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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 contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.