MEMPHIS, Tenn. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team erased an early deficit to pick up a 4-3 win over Christian Brothers on Saturday afternoon at Memphis University School.
The Choctaws (1-1, 1-0 GSC) rebounded after dropping the doubles point to the Bucs (3-1, 1-1 GSC) and picked up 4-of-6 singles matches.
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DOUBLES ACTION
 - After the Bucs won the #1 doubles match (6-0),
Joe Jarvis and
Brady McDaniel knotted things up with a 6-2 win at #3.
 - CBU clinched the point with a tie-break victory at #2 by a score of 7-6 (7-4).
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SINGLES ACTION
 - The Bucs extended the lead with a win at #1, but
Carlos Trujillo cut the score to 2-1 with a 6-1, 6-1 win at #5.
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Maksym Konovalov rolled to a straight-set victory at #6 (6-2, 6-2) and the match was tied at 2-2.
 - MC took their first lead of the day after a three-set victory from
Shane Samyn at #3 (1-6, 6-2, 6-4).
 - The Bucs responded and tied things up at 3-3 with a three-set victory at #2.
 - The match came down to the final set as
Joe Jarvis (#3) split the first two sets and won the final set 6-4 to clinch MC's victory.
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NEXT UP
 - The Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on Monday (March 8) when they host Ouachita Baptist at 2:00 p.m. at the MC Tennis Complex.
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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.
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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.
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For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contactÂ
David Nichols atÂ
601-925-3234Â orÂ
nichols@mc.edu.
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