CLINTON, Miss. --- Mississippi College sophomore Ely Alas has been named to the Women's Tennis All-Gulf South Conference Second Team, it was announced on Wednesday (April 21).

Elas (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) helped lead the Lady Choctaws to the #3 seed in the GSC Tournament that opens on Thursday (April 22). MC will face Lee at 10:00 a.m. at the O'Connor Tennis Center.

The second-year player went 8-5 in singles action, playing all but one match at the #2 position. She won 6-of-8 singles matches to close the season, picking up straight-set wins in all six victories.

She teamed up with Fernanda Cota, who was named GSC Player and Freshman of the Week earlier today, to go 10-4 at the #1 doubles position. The tandem has won five straight, including going 4-0 in the final week of the season to lock up the #3 seed.
 

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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.