No. 18 Bulldogs fall to No. 19 Jones

PERKINSTON — No. 18 Mississippi Gulf Coast lost a squeaker to No. 19 Jones on Saturday in women's tennis, falling 5-4 at the MGCCC Tennis Complex.

Krissy Georgieva (Fr., Epsom and Ewell High School/Sutton, England) and Noni Charlton (Fr., Ipswich School/Ipswich, England) picked up Gulf Coast's win in doubles, winning 8-6 at No. 1.

Georgieva swept her No. 1 singles match, but Charlton couldn't pull out a third-set nail-biter at No. 2. She lost 12-10 in the third.

Kaylen Bond (Fr., Stone/Perkinston) and Tia Topps (Fr., Grenada/Grenada) won their singles matches.

It was the first loss of the season for Gulf Coast (6-1). The Bulldogs play Copiah-Lincoln on Monday to launch a busy week with four MACJC matches at Perk. First serves will be at 1 p.m.

Results

Team: Jones 5, Gulf Coast 4

Doubles

No. 1: Krissy Georgieva-Noni Charlton (GC) def. Bella Chela-Judith Mills 8-6

No. 2: Danielle Viljoen-Dixie Hodges (JC) def. Anna Stringer-Kaylen Bond 8-1

No. 3: Brooke Chism-Stori Endt (JC) def. Tia Topps-Chasity Snyder 8-0

Singles

No. 1: Georgieva (GC) def. Chela 6-0, 6-1

No. 2: Viljoen (JC) def. Charlton 3-6, 5-7, 12-10

No. 3: Mills (JC) def. Stringer 6-2, 6-1

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

No. 5: Topps (GC) def. Chism 6-3, 6-2

No. 6: Endt (JC) def. Snyder 6-3, 6-3

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