CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's tennis team returned from a two-week layoff and picked up a 5-2 win over Montevallo on Saturday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex.

The Lady Choctaws (2-4, 2-2 GSC) won all three doubles matches to grab an early point and picked up 4-of-6 singles wins over the Falcons (3-8, 1-4 GSC).
 

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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 5, MONTEVALLO 2

DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Lady Choctaws won each of the three doubles matches easily, including a 6-2 win by Paulina Cota and Maria Rodriguez at #3.
  - The #1 and #2 doubles teams each won their matches by scores of 6-3.

SINGLES ACTION
  - The Lady Choctaws then opened singles play with a win by #2 Ely Alas, only dropping one game over the sweep (6-0, 6-1).
  - The Falcons got a point back before Anna Didkovska won the #3 match by a score of 7-5, 6-4.
  - After Montevallo got another point, Fernanda Cota won the match-clinching point with a 6-2, 7-5 win at #5.
  - Maria Rodriguez finished the match with a three-set victory at #6 (6-1, 3-6, 6-2).


NEXT UP
  - The Lady Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on Wednesday (April 7) at 2:00 p.m. against Blue Mountain.
 

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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.