CLINTON, Miss. --- Playing their first home match of the 2020 season, the Mississippi College men's tennis team picked up a 5-2 win over Alcorn State University on Thursday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex.

The Choctaws improved to 3-3 on the season, while the Braves fell to 2-14.
 

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DOUBLES ACTION
  - ASU played with just five players, meaning the Choctaws needed to just take 1-of-2 doubles matches to clinch the opening point.
  - They got the win from the #1 team of Francois Le Tallec and Shane Samyn, who took 7-5 victory.
  - The Braves responded with a 7-5 win of their own at #2, but the Choctaws would take the 1-0 lead to singles play.
 

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SINGLES ACTION
  - The Choctaws grabbed the 2-0 lead with Alcorn playing with only five players and getting a default victory at #6.
  - Carlos Trujillo pushed the advantage to 3-0 with a straight-set victory at the #4 position (6-3, 6-1).
  - The match-clinching point came next as Le Tallec made quick work of the #1 singles match (6-0, 6-3).
  - The Braves got their first point of the day with a straight-set win at #3.
  - Maksym Konovalov pushed the lead to 5-1 with a three-set victory at #2, coming back from an early deficit (6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 10-8).
  - The final point went to the Braves at #5 as Brady McDaniel battled but fell short in three sets (7-5, 2-6, 12-10).
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be heading to Mobile this weekend for a pair of raod matches.
  - They will face Mobile on Saturday (Mar. 7) and Spring Hill on Monday (Mar. 9).
 

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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.