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No. 14 Gulf Coast men down Faulkner

No. 14 Gulf Coast men down Faulkner

No. 14 Mississippi Gulf Coast's men tennis team edged Faulkner State 5-4 in Bay Minette, Ala., on Thursday.

 

Travis Bell (Fr, Jackson/Calloway), Noah Tippen (So, Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville) and Noah Rowell (Fr, Wiggins/Stone) won both their matches for the Bulldogs. The men improved to 7-3 on the season.

 

Bell teamed with James Estrada (Fr, Saucier/St. Stanislaus) to defeat Andre LI and Cody Houston 8-1 in No. 1 doubles. He dropped only one game in sweeping his No. 1 singles match over Li.

 

Tippen and Rowell won No. 2 doubles over John Beadlescomb and Addison Osborn 8-5. Tippen won a nail-biter in No. 3 singles over Osborn 7-5, 0-6, 10-8. Rowell didn't drop a game in his No. 4 singles match against Luke Lyons.

 

Gulf Coast returns to action Monday when Wallace State-Hanceville visits the MGCCC Tennis Complex. Matches in Perkinston begin at 1 p.m.

Results

Team: MGCCC men 5, Faulkner State 4

Doubles

No. 1: Travis Bell-James Estrada (MGCCC) def. Andre Li-Cody Houston 8-1

No. 2: Noah Tippen-Noah Rowell (MGCCC) def. John Beadlescomb-Addison Osborn 8-5

No. 3: Ross Kimble-Garrett Akridge (FS) def. Reid Cudd-Brett Bowen 8-3

Singles

No. 1: Bell (MGCCC) def. Li 6-0, 6-1

No. 2: Beadlescomb (FS) def. Austin Moore 6-0, 1-6, 10-8

No. 3: Tippen (MGCCC) def. Osborn 7-5, 0-6, 10-8

No. 4: Rowell (MGCCC) def. Luke Lyons 6-0, 6-0

No. 5: Akridge (FS) def. Cudd 6-4, 0-1 (inj.)

No. 6: Kimble (FS) def. Bowen 6-4, 0-6, 10-8

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