No. 12 Women’s Tennis powers past No. 22 Hinds

PERKINSTON — No. 12 Mississippi Gulf Coast soared past No. 22 Hinds on Thursday, winning 8-1 in MACCC women's tennis action.

The Bulldogs (6-1, 5-1 MACCC) rebounded from their first conference loss in style. They swept three doubles courts to set the stage for the win.

Lauren Sullivan (Fr., Laurel/Laurel Christian) and Mikenzy Dubrow (Fr., Biloxi/Biloxi) won 8-1 at No. 3 doubles. The No. 1 doubles tandem of Danique Vermue (Fr., 's-Heerenhoek, Netherlands/Scheldemond College) and Angela Moreno (So., Sevilla, Spain/IES V Centenario) matche the No. 2 duo of Valeria Callejo (Madrid, Spain/I.E.S. Ortega y Gasset) and Kendall Burn (So., Wiggins/Stone) by only dropping three games.

Sullivan and Niyah Strickland (So., Pachuta/Quitman) won at No. 5 and 6 singles 6-0, 6-0.

Gulf Coast travels to Texas this weekend for a big road trip, playing four teams in three days. The Bulldogs start against No. 1 Cowley County on Sunday, and also play No. 3 Tyler and No. 7 Collin County.

Results

Team: Gulf Coast Women 8, Hinds 1

Doubles

No. 1: Danique Vermue-Angela Moreno (GC) def. Hanna Hoop-Fabiola Guedez, 8-3

No. 2: Valeria Callejo-Kendall Burn (GC) def. Macie Shelton-Alara Akgul, 8-3

No. 3: Lauren Sullivan-Mikenzy Dubrow (GC) def. Sydnee Teague-Lucy Warner, 8-1

Singles

No. 1: Moreno (GC) def. Akgul, 6-2, 6-3

No. 2: Vermue (GC) def. Hoop, 6-3, 6-1

No. 3: Callejo (GC) def. Shelton, 6-1, 6-3

No. 4: Burn (GC) def. Guedez (HIN) def. Burn, 6-2, 6-3

No. 5: Sullivan (GC) def. Teague, 6-0, 6-0

No. 6: Niyah Strickland (GC) def. Warner, 6-0, 6-0

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