ARKADELPHIA, Ark. --- The Mississippi College women's tennis team closed out the Ouachita Baptist Invitational with a 4-3 loss to Henderson State on Sunday afternoon at the Ward Tennis Center.

The Lady Choctaws fell to 1-3 on the young season, while the Reddies improved to 6-3.
 

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DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Reddies were able to pick up the all-important doubles point with wins at #1 and #3 to take an early 1-0 lead.
  - MC's win came at the #2 position as Paulina Cota and Alisa Morozova picked up a 6-3 win.
  - HSU took the #1 victory with a 6-4 win and swept their way to a 6-0 win at #3.
 

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SINGLES ACTION
  - The teams split the six singles matches with the Lady Choctaws grabbing victories at the even positions.
  - Tori Roberts improved to 4-0 in singles play this season with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at #4.
  - Cota grabbed her second victory of the day with a 6-0, 6-1 win at #2, improving her singles mark to 3-1 on the year.
  - The final MC point came from Carmen Manicea at #6 with a hard-fought, come-from-behind, three-set victory (4-6, 6-3, 7-5).
  - The Reddies, however, got all of the other victories to pick up the win by the slimmest of margins.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws have a busy week with three matches, starting with home contests against Alcorn State on Wednesday and New Orleans on Thursday.
  - They will open Gulf South Conference play next Saturday when they host West Georgia at 3:00 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.