CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team will enter the Gulf South Conference Tournament as the #8 seed after a 6-1 win over Shorter on Sunday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex.

The Choctaws will face #1 seed Valdosta State on Thursday (April 22) in Montgomery, Ala.
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 6, VALDOSTA STATE 1

DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Choctaws opened the day by taking the doubles point, winning 2-of-3 tandem matches.
  - Joe Jarvis and Brady McDaniel cruised to a 6-0 win at the #3 position.
  - Matias Ballatore and Carlos Trujillo clinched the point with a 6-4 win at #1.

SINGLES ACTION
  - Jarvis gave MC their first singles point with a 6-3, 6-0 win at #3, and Paolo Scorzoni won the #4 match by a score of 6-4, 6-4.
  - Ballatore clinched the match with a three-set win at #1 (6-2, 5-7, 6-2).
  - Shane Samyn pushed the score to 5-0 with a 6-4, 6-2 win at #5.
  - The Hawks got their lone point of the day at #2, but Maksym Konovalov gave the match its score with a 6-1, 6-1 win at #6.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will play on Thursday (April 22) against #1 seed Valdosta State in Mobile at the GSC Tournament.
 

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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.