No. 18 Bulldogs blow away ICC

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No. 18 Mississippi Gulf Coast is off to a perfect start to the 2020 women's tennis season, thanks to a second road win as many days Saturday. The Bulldogs swept Itawamba 9-0 in Fulton.

Krissy Georgieva (Fr., Epsom and Ewell High School/Sutton, England) and Noni Charlton (Fr., Ipswich School/Ipswich, England) dominated at No. 1 doubles and won their singles matches in straight sets.

Kaylen Bond (Fr., Stone/Perkinston) blew past her opponent in No. 4 singles, dropping only a pair of games, while Anna Stringer (Fr., Stone/Wiggins) dropped the second set at No. 3 but prevailed in the third.

Tia Topps (Fr., Grenada/Grenada) and Chasity Snyder (Fr., Florence/Florence) each won both their points.

Gulf Coast has its first three home matches on consecutive days starting Tuesday. First serve against Hinds is at 1 p.m.

Results

Team: Gulf Coast 9, Itawamba 0

Doubles

No. 1: Krissy Georgieva-Noni Charlton (GC) def. Julianna Alves-Maggie Creekmore 8-2

No. 2: Anna Stringer-Kaylen Bond (GC) def. Riley Crouch-Farrah Fowlkes 8-5

No. 3: Tia Topps-Chasity Snyder (GC) Brianna Hibbler-Sydney Ferguson 9-7

Singles

No. 1: Georgieva (GC) def. Alves 6-4, 6-4

No. 2: Charlton (GC) def. Creekmore 6-1, 6-2

No. 3: Stringer (GC) def. Fowlkes 6-3, 3-6 10-7

No. 4: Bond (GC) def. Hibbler 6-0, 6-2

No. 5: Topps (GC) def. Crouch 6-3, 6-4

No. 6: Snyder (GC) def. Ferguson 7-5, 6-0

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