No. 14 Bulldogs lose 6-3 at home

PERKINSTON — No. 14 Mississippi Gulf Coast lost 6-3 to No. 15 Jones on Tuesday at the MGCCC Tennis Complex, dropping their first match of the season.

Owen Stice (Fr., Atlanta, Ga./Laurel Springs), Kyle Bond (So., Wiggins/Stone) and Orren Ladner (So., Perkinston/Stone) won their singles matches. Ladner pulled his out in three sets.

Paul Gayk (So., Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany/Berufskolleg Lehnerstrasse) and Owen Stice (Fr., Atlanta, Ga./Laurel Springs) lost 8-5 at No. 1 doubles, as did Kyle Bond and Triston Hill (Fr., Perkinston/Stone) at No. 3.

Gulf Coast travels to Bay Minette to play Coastal Alabama-South on Thursday. First serves are set for 2 p.m.

Results

Team: Jones 6, Gulf Coast 3

Doubles

No. 1: Tomi Nader-Wallace Brewer (JC) def. Paul Gayk-Owen Stice, 8-5

No. 2: Charlie Brady-Tanner Bevard (JC) def. Anderson Dulaney-Orren Ladner, 8-3

No. 3: Jackson Peoples-Dawson Do (JC) def. Kyle Bond-Triston Hill, 8-5

Singles

No. 1: Nader (JC) def. Gayk, 6-1, 7-6

No. 2: Stice (GC) def. Brewer, 6-3, 4-2 (forfeit)

No. 3: Brady (JC) def. Dulaney, 6-0, 6-1

No. 4: Bond (GC) def. Bevard, 6-3, 6-1

No. 5: Ladner (GC) def. Peoples, 3-6, 6-3, 10-7

No. 6: Do (JC) def. Chace Bolan, 6-4, 6-0

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