NEW ORLEANS, La. --- The Mississippi College women's tennis team opened the 2020 season with a 5-2 loss to NAIA #3 Xavier (LA) on Saturday afternoon at the XULA Tennis Center.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
 - The Gold Nuggets won the doubles point with victories at #2 and #3, and they led the #1 match to grab a 1-0 lead.
 - In singles action,
Aneta Golawska opened things with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Farah Baklouti at the #3 position.
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Tori Roberts also grabbed a victory for the Lady Choctaws, taking the #4 point by a three-set score of 6-4, 4-6, 10-1.
 - Xavier (LA) won the other singles points to take the 5-2 home victory.
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NEXT UP
 - The Lady Choctaws will be back in action on Sunday when they face Loyola (LA) at 1:00 p.m. in New Orleans.
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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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