No. 13 Bulldogs come back to beat No. 19 Co-Lin

PERKINSTON — No. 13 Mississippi Gulf Coast battled back from a doubles deficit to No. 19 Copiah-Lincoln to pull out a gutty 5-4 win Friday and stay unbeaten in MACCC play.

Pedro Molero (Fr., Maracaibo, Venezuela/U.E. Instituto Americano Joseph John Thomson) and Clay Fudge (Fr., Madison/Madison Central) won the lone doubles point, dominating 8-1 at No. 2.

The Bulldogs' Wesley Fontaine (So., Biloxi/Biloxi) and Clay Fudge (Fr., Madison/Madison Central) put the Bulldogs up 3-2 with straight-set wins at Nos. 3 and 4 singles, respectively.

After Co-Lin won Nos. 1 and 2 singles, it was left to the rackets of Anderson Dulaney (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach) and Jackson Ward (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport). Dulaney cleaned up at No. 5 singles, dropping only one game in a straight-sets win.

When Ward closed out a 6-3, 6-1 victory, the Bulldogs improved to 13-1 overall, 11-0 MACCC.

Gulf Coast travels to Raymond on Saturday with a tough task against No. 9 Jacksonville College from Texas. First serves will be at 1 p.m.

Results

Team: No. 13 Gulf Coast 5, No. 19 Copiah-Lincoln 4

Doubles

No. 1: Julian Toloza-Julian Parada (CL) def. Seth Macute-Wesley Fontaine, 8-6

No. 2: Pedro Molero-Clay Fudge (GC) def. Ty Nelson-Lawson Pearson, 8-1

No. 3: Skyler Rasberry-John Ready (CL) def. Anderson Dulaney-Jackson Ward, 8-6

Singles

No. 1: Toloza (CL) def. Macute, 6-3, 6-4

No. 2: Parada (CL) def. Molero, 6-1, 6-4

No. 3: Fontaine (GC) def. Nelson, 6-0, 6-3

No. 4: Fudge (GC) def. Pearson, 6-2, 6-0

No. 5: Dulaney (GC) def. Ready, 6-0, 6-1

No. 6: Ward (GC) def. Bryce Oster, 6-3, 6-1

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