No. 18 Gulf Coast opens up with W

No. 18 Mississippi Gulf Coast went on the road Friday and downed No. 20 East Central 6-3 in Decatur.

The Bulldogs won two of three doubles matches, with Krissy Georgieva (Fr., Epsom and Ewell High School/Sutton, England) and Noni Charlton (Fr., Ipswich School/Ipswich, England) winning easily at No. 1. Tia Topps (Fr., Grenada/Grenada) and Chasity Snyder (Fr., Florence/Florence) edged out a point at No. 3.

Georgieva, Charlton and Topps won their singles matches, with Kaylen Bond (Fr., Stone/Perkinston) picking up her first point of the day at No. 4 singles.

Gulf Coast travels to play Itawamba on Saturday. First serves in Fulton will be at 11 a.m.

Results

Team: Gulf Coast 6, East Central 3

Doubles

No. 1: Krissy Georgieva-Noni Charlton (GC) def. Natalia Beltran-Alejandria Vargas 8-2

No. 2: Josie Hurst-Ali Grace Walker (EC) def. Anna Stringer-Kaylen Bond 8-3

No. 3: Tia Topps-Chasity Snyder (GC) def. Kayla Baucum-Marla Graham 8-6

Singles

No. 1: Georgieva (GC) def. Beltran 2-6, 6-1, 12-10

No. 2: Charlton (GC) def. Vargas 6-2, 6-2

No. 3: Walker (EC) def. Stringer 6-3, 6-0

No. 4: Bond (GC) def. Hurst 6-4, 7-5

No. 5: Topps (GC) def. Baucum 6-1, 6-1

No. 6: Graham (EC) def. Snyder 6-4, 6-2

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