CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's tennis team opened Gulf South Conference play with a 6-1 win over West Georgia on Saturday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex.

The Lady Choctaws improved to 2-3 on the year, while the Wolves fell to 3-2 with an 0-2 GSC record.
 

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DOUBLES ACTION

  - The #2 team of Paulina Cota and Alisa Morozova got the first win for MC with a 6-1 victory.
  - Ely Alas and Kennedy Rodriguez clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 victory at #3 position.
  - Aneta Golawska and Tori Roberts picked up the clean sweep of doubles play with a 6-3 win at #1.
 

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SINGLES ACTION

  - Rodriguez gave MC a 2-0 lead with a straight-set win at #6 position (6-3, 6-0).
  - Golawska put the Lady Choctaws ahead 3-0 with a win at #3 that saw her opponent retire.
  - Alas had a straight-set victory at #4 (6-0, 6-4) in her first match for the Lady Choctaws this season.
  - Cota won the clinching point at #2 with a 7-6 (9-7), 6-0 win at #2.
  - The final two matches were split with Carmen Manicea taking a three-set match at #5.
 

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NEXT UP

  - The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on Wednesday (March 4) to play at Jackson State at 2:00 p.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 contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.