JACKSON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team dropped a mid-week match to Division I Jackson State, 7-0, on Thursday afternoon at the JSU Tennis Courts.

The Choctaws (1-5) played with just five players in the match and the Tigers (4-4) took advantage with the sweep.
 

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JACKSON STATE 7, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 0

DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Tigers clinched the doubles point with a 6-0 win at #2 position after winning the #3 point by default.

SINGLES ACTION
  - The Choctaws trailed 2-0 after losing the #6 point by default.
  - MC played a pair of matches to three sets as Shane Samyn split the first two sets at #3, falling in the final by a score of 10-7.
  - Maksym Konovalov also went three sets at #5, dropping the final by a score of 10-6.

NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be back in action on Friday when they host Texas Tyler at 10:00 a.m. at the MC Tennis Courts.
 

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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.