CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's tennis team battled to a 4-3 loss to Blue Mountain on Wednesday afternoon at the MC Tennis Complex.
 

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BLUE MOUNTAIN 4, MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 3

DOUBLES ACTION
  - The Toppers opened the match with three doubles victories to take the early point.
  - Joe Jarvis and Shane Samyn played the tightest match at #3, falling by a score of 6-4.

SINGLES ACTION
  - The match was split in singles play at both teams won three matches apiece.
  - After BMC grabbed a point at #4, Joe Jarvis responded with a straight-set victory at #3 (6-0, 6-3) to cut the deficit to 2-1.
  - The Toppers got another point at #1, but Samyn cut the lead to 3-2 with a win at #5 (6-1, 7-5).
  - Blue Mountain won the deciding point with a three-set victory at #2 as Brady McDaniel dropped a tight one (6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4).
  - Maksym Konovalov gave the match its final score with a three-set win at #6 (1-6, 6-4, 10-4).
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action on Friday (April 9) when they travel to Pensacola to face #3 West Florida at 11:00 a.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.