No. 9 Jacksonville tops No. 13 MGCCC
No. 13 Mississippi Gulf Coast ran into a team filled with international players in a non-conference matchup against No. 9 Jacksonville College, falling 8-1.
Seth Macute (Fr., Brisbane, Australia/St Joseph's Nudgee College) picked up the only point for the Bulldogs, winning his No. 1 singles match over Mexico's Miguel Gamborino 6-1, 5-7, 10-6.
He and Wesley Fontaine (So., Biloxi/Biloxi) played a tough No. 1 doubles match before falling 8-6, and Clay Fudge (Fr., Madison/Madison Central) took South African Muntingh Hamman the distance in a 4-6, 6-2, 10-4 loss.
The Bulldogs (13-2), who lead the MACCC with a perfect record in 11 outings, play at Southwest on Wednesday and host Holmes for a doubleheader Thursday.
Results
Team: No. 9 Jacksonville College 8, No. 13 Gulf Coast 1
Doubles
No. 1: Santiago Castellanos-Muntingh Hamman (JC) def. Seth Macute-Wesley Fontaine, 8-6
No. 2: Miguel Gamborino-Juan Jose Agudelo (JC) def. Pedro Molero-Clay Fudge, 8-0
No. 3: David Perez-De La Fuente-Ryan Christensen (JC) def. Anderson Dulaney-Jackson Ward, 8-4
Singles
No. 1: Macute (GC) def. Gamborino, 6-1, 5-7, 10-6
No. 2: Castellanos (JC) def. Molero, 6-2, 6-2
No. 3: Perez-De La (JC) def. Fontaine, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4: Hamman (JC) def. Fudge, 4-6, 6-2, 10-4
No. 5: Christensen (JC) def. Dulaney, 6-4, 6-1
No. 6: Agudelo (JC) def. Ward, 6-2, 6-0
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