JACKSON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's tennis team battled to a 4-3 loss to Division I Jackson State on Thursday afternoon at the JSU Tennis Courts.

The Lady Choctaws (1-4) came back from an early deficit, but the Lady Tigers (6-3) held on for the win.
 

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JACKSON STATE 4, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 3

DOUBLES ACTION
  - After JSU won the #1 point, Alisa Morozova and Anna Didkovska picked up a 6-4 win at #2 to tie things up for the doubles point.
  - The #3 match went to a tie-break, but Paulina Cota and Maria Rodriguez fell (7-6 (7-4)) to give the Lady Tigers an early 1-0 lead.

SINGLES ACTION
  - JSU won the #6 and #2 singles points to push the lead to 3-0 and come within one point of a team victory.
  - Didkovska responded with a three-set win at #3 to give MC their first point of the match.
  - Tyra-Nicole White clinched the victory for JSU with a three-set win over Fernanda Cota at #5  to push the lead to 4-1.
  - Paulina Cota won the #1 singles match in three sets, while Morozova won in three sets to give the match its final score.

NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on March 27th when they host Shorter 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.