No. 12 Bulldogs take first conference loss

No. 13 Jones handed No. 12 Mississippi Gulf Coast its first MACCC men's tennis loss of the season Tuesday, winning 6-3 in Ellisville.

The Bulldogs lost all three doubles courts and tried to mount a comeback in singles. Vicente Faria (Fr., Lisbon, Portugal/Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides) won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2, and Duarte Mestre (Fr., Lisbon, Portugal/Escola Secundária Sebastiao e Silva) won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3.

Hiram Havard (So., Vancleave/Vancleave) picked up the last Bulldogs point at No. 5 singles. He won 4-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Gulf Coast is now 4-2, 4-1 MACCC.

Jones is 8-0, 4-0.

Gulf Coast is back in action Tuesday, March 5, when Hinds visits Perkinston. First serves are set for 2 p.m. at the MGCCC Tennis Complex.

Results

Team: Jones 6, Gulf Coast 3

Doubles

No. 1: Matias Ruiz-Charlie Brady (JC) def. Gonzalo Cotter-Vicente Faria, 8-4

No. 2: Santiago Torres-Alex Holder (JC) def. Duarte Mestre-Triston Hill, 8-6

No. 3: Dawson Do-Hudson Hans (JC) def. Hiram Havard-Jeremiah Layton, 8-5

Singles

No. 1: Cotter (GC) def. Ruiz (JC) def. Cotter, 6-3, 6-1

No. 2: Faria (GC) def. Brady, 6-4, 6-3

No. 3: Mestre (GC) def. Torres, 6-1, 6-2

No. 4: Hill (GC) def. Do (JC) def. Hill, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-4

No. 5: Havard (GC) def. Holder, 4-6, 6-4, 10-5

No. 6: Hans (JC) def. Layton, 6-2, 6-0

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