PENSACOLA, Fla. --- The Mississippi College men's team finished their time in Pensacola with a 7-0 loss to #4 Valdosta State on Monday morning at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex.
 

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#4 VALDOSTA STATE 7, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 0

DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Choctaws came out swinging in doubles action as Matias Ballatore and Carlos Trujillo took the #1 doubles team in the country in Yohan Nguyen and Florian Simbozel to a 6-4 score.
  - The Blazers clinched the initial point by winning the other two matches and dropping just one total game.

SINGLES ACTION
  - VSU won each of the singles matches in straight sets.
  - Brady McDaniel played a tight match at #2, falling 7-5, 6-4 to Christian Wedel, who is ranked #22 in the nation.
  - Ballatore fell to Simbozel, who is ranked 12th nationally, by a score of 6-2, 7-5 at the #1 position.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on Tuesday (April 13) when they return home to face Spring Hill 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.
 
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.