CLEVELAND, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team lost at nationally-ranked Delta State, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon at the Cleveland Country Club.
 

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DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Choctaws were able to pick up the doubles point, grabbing wins at #2 and #3.
  - Mattias Ballatore and Carlos Trujillo won the #2 match by a score of 6-1.
  - Joe Jarvis and Brady McDaniel then clinched the opening point with a 6-1 win at #3.

SINGLES ACTION
  - The Statesmen stormed back, however, winning each of the six singles matches in straight sets.
  - The tightest came at #1 where Ballatore went to a tie-break in the second set.

NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be back in action on Friday (March 19) when they host Texas-Tyler at 10:00 a.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 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.