ARKADELPHIA, Ark. --- The Mississippi College women's tennis team opened the Ouachita Baptist Invitational with a 5-2 loss to #14 Angelo State on Friday afternoon at the Ward Tennis Center.
The Lady Choctaws fell to 1-2 on the season, while the Rams improved to 3-1.
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DOUBLES ACTION
 - The doubles point was a tight affair that saw the Rams eventually grab the lead with a tie-break win at #2.
 - After ASU picked up a 6-1 win at #3, the #1 team of
Aneta Golawska and
Tori Roberts knotted things up with a 7-5 victory.
 - The point-clinching match came down to a tie-break, but the team of
Paulina Cota and
Alisa Morozova dropped the point with a hard-fought loss.
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SINGLES ACTION
 - The nationally-ranked Rams were able to clinch the overall victory wins in the first four singles matches, all in straight sets.
 - The Lady Choctaws would not quit, however, as Cota gave MC their first point of the match with a 6-3, 6-3 win at the #3 spot.
 - Roberts gave the match its final score with a 7-5, 6-3 win at #4 to improve to 3-0 in singles action on the young season.
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NEXT UP
 - The Lady Choctaws will be back in action on Saturday to face North Central Texas at 2:00 p.m.
 - They will close out the OBU Invitational on Sunday against Henderson State 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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