CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team returned from a long layoff with a 6-1 loss to Montevallo on Saturday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex.

The Choctaws (1-7, 1-3 GSC) dropped the opening doubles point and the Falcons (3-7, 2-2 GSC) won 5-of-6 singles matches to clinch the victory.
 

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MONTEVALLO 6, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 1

DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Choctaws were able to get a win at #1 as Matias Ballatore and Carlos Trujillo picked up a 6-3 victory.
  - The Falcons bounced back with wins at #2 and #3 to take the opening point.

SINGLES ACTION
  - Maksym Konovalov gave the Choctaws their point in the match with a straight-set win at #6 (6-1, 6-4).
  - Three other matches went to three sets with MC winning the first set in all three and falling in the final two sets.
  - Shane Samyn played a tight match at #5, falling in the final set, 10-8.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on Wednesday (April 7) 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.