CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's tennis team opened the 2021 season with a 4-3 loss to Division I Alcorn State on Wednesday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex.

The Lady Choctaws (0-1) jumped out to a quick lead with wins in each of the three doubles matches, led by a 6-0 sweep from Paulina Cota and Kennedy Rodriguez at #3.

MC would then push the lead out to 3-0 with singles wins at #1 with Ely Alas (6-0, 6-2) and #2 with Paulina Cota (6-1, 6-3).

The Braves roared back, however, with wins at each of the final four singles positions, including three-of-four going to three sets.

The tightest match came at #3 where Mikaela Konstantinova and Anna Didkovska split a pair of tie-break sets before the Alcorn Stater won the final set 6-4.

The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action next Tuesday when they travel to Cleveland to face rival Delta State.
 

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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 18 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Men's and Women's 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.