PENSACOLA, Fla. --- The Mississippi College women's tennis team secured their fourth win in the last five matches with a 4-3 victory over Valdosta State on Monday morning at Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex.

The Lady Choctaws (5-5, 4-3 GSC) moved into a tie for 5th in the GSC standings with the win over the Blazers (5-8, 5-4 GSC).
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 4, VALDOSTA STATE 3

DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Lady Choctaws opened the match by winning all three doubles matches.
  - Kennedy Rodriguez and Julia McCarty won the #3 match by a score of 6-3.
  - Ely Alas and Fernanda Cota clinched the early point with a 6-4 win at #1.
  - Paulina Cota and Maria Rodriguez made it a clean sweep of doubles with a tie-break win at #2 (7-6 (7-4)).

SINGLES ACTION
  - The Lady Choctaws quickly won a pair of singles matches as Alas won #2 (6-1, 6-1) and Rodriguez won #4 (6-2, 6-4).
  - The Blazers made things interesting by taking points at #6 and #3 to cut the deficit to 3-2.
  - Kennedy Rodriguez clinched the match with a three-set win at #5 (7-5, 1-6, 6-4).
  - The final match was decided in three sets as Paulina Cota fell in a third-set tiebreak.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on Tuesday (April 13) when they host Spring Hill at the MC Tennis Complex at 2:00 p.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.