No. 12 Bulldogs sweep Southwest

The No. 12 Mississippi Gulf Coast women's tennis team blew past Southwest Mississippi 9-0 at Summit on Tuesday.

Gulf Coast is now 8-4 overall, 6-1 MACCC.

The Bulldogs swept the two doubles matches played without using any of their international players. Kendall Burn (So., Wiggins/Stone) and Niyah Strickland (So., Pachuta/Quitman) won 8-1 at No. 1, and Mikenzy Dubrow (Fr., Biloxi/Biloxi) and Lauren Sullivan (Fr., Laurel/Laurel Christian) didn't drop a game at No. 2.

Valeria Callejo (Madrid, Spain/I.E.S. Ortega y Gasset) won her No. 1 singles match without dropping a game, as did Sullivan at No. 2 and Dallas Tanner (Fr., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove) at No. 4.

Gulf Coast will host No. 14 Meridian on Thursday at the MGCCC Tennis Complex. First serves are set for 2 p.m.

Results

Team: Gulf Coast women 9, Southwest Mississippi 0

Doubles

No. 1: Kendall Burn-Niyah Strickland (GC) def. Sophie Tomkins-Emma Grace Carruth, 8-1

No. 2: Mikenzy Dubrow-Lauren Sullivan (GC) def. Elise Gillissie-Mary Gray, 8-0

No. 3: Dallas Tanner-Clare Conliff (GC) won by forfeit

Singles

No. 1: Valeria Callejo (GC) def. Carruth, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2: Sullivan (GC) def. Tomkins, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3: Strickland (GC) def. Gillissie, 6-2, 6-1

No. 4: Tanner (GC) def. Gray, 6-0, 6-0

No. 5: Conliff (GC) def. Kayla Eby, 6-1, 6-0

No. 6: Dubrow (GC) won by forfeit

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