MGCCC women down Eagles

The Mississippi Gulf Coast women's tennis team won its second straight match Friday, blasting Hinds 7-2 in Raymond.

The Bulldogs (7-1, 6-1 MACCC) got dominating performances from their top two players. Krissy Georgieva (So., Epsom and Ewell High School/Sutton, England) and Ally Bowen (Fr., Oxford/Lafayette County) won their No. 1 doubles match 8-1.

They each won their singles matches 6-1, 6-1 to grab three points together.

Kaylen Bond (So., Stone/Perkinston) bounced by from dropping the first set to win her No. 4 singles match 2-6, 6-3, 10-3. Anna Stringer (So., Stone/Wiggins) and Tia Topps (So., Grenada/Grenada) also won their singles match, and Topps teamed with Kasey Kent (Fr., Ridgeland/Ridgeland) grabbed their other doubles point.

Gulf Coast entertains Itawamba next Tuesday. First serves at the MGCCC Tennis Complex are at 1 p.m. 

Results

Team: Gulf Coast 7, Hinds 2

Doubles

No. 1: Krissy Georgieva-Ally Bowen (GC) def. Itzel Lara Gonzalez-Elizabeth Wooten, 8-1

No. 2: Emi Smith-Morgan Ross (HIN) def. Kaylen Bond-Anna Stringer, 8-6

No. 3: Kasey Kent-Tia Topps (GC) def. Myesha Nealon-Nyesha Nealon, 8-5

Singles

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

No. 2: Bowen (GC) def. Wooten, 6-1, 6-1

No. 3: Smith (HIN) def. Kent, 2-6, 6-4, 10-8

No. 4: Bond (GC) def. Ross, 2-6, 6-3, 10-3

No. 5: Stringer (GC) def. Knight, 6-0, 6-3

No. 6: Topps (GC) def. Massey, 6-4, 7-5

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