No. 14 Gulf Coast keeps grinding at NJCAAs
No. 14 Mississippi Gulf Coast lost its six matches in the main draw Tuesday on the second day of the NJCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship in Plano, Texas.
The Bulldogs will resume play in the consolation draw Wednesday. Jeremiah Layton (Fr., Brookhaven/Brookhaven) is alive in No. 6 singles, and Triston Hill (So., Perkinston/Stone) and Duarte Mestre (Fr., Lisbon, Portugal/Escola Secundária Sebastiao e Silva) will play in No. 2 doubles. John Thomas Frank (So., Eupora/Eupora) and Hiram Havard (So., Vancleave/Vancleave) will get going in No. 3 doubles.
Vicente Faria (Fr., Lisbon, Portugal/Escola Secundária de Fonseca Benevides) nearly got a big win in No. 2 singles. He lost 7-5, 7-5 to Weatherford's Alexis Leguizamon, who had upset the six-seed on the opening day.
The tournament is being played at Collin College. It will conclude on Friday.
NJCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship
Collin College
Plano, Texas
May 13-17
Tuesday Results
Championship Bracket Singles Round 2
No. 1: (6) Minjae Kim (Collin) def. Gonzalo Cotter (Gulf Coast), 6-2, 6-0
No. 2: Alexis Leguizamon (Weatherford) def. Vicente Faria (Gulf Coast), 7-5, 7-5
No. 3: (4) Cem Atlamis (Seward County) def. Duarte Mestre (Gulf Coast), 6-0, 6-2
No. 4: (1) Tomas Quesada Perez (Eastern Florida State) def. Triston Hill (Gulf Coast), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5: Hiram Havard (Gulf Coast) vs. (8) Jakub Sevcik (USC Sumter), 6-2, 6-3
Championship Bracket Doubles Round 2
No. 1: (1) Reiya Komagata-Brune Nhavene (Cowley) def. Gonzalo Cotter-Vicente Faria (Gulf Coast), 6-2, 6-1
Wednesday Results
Consolation Bracket Singles Quarterfinals
No. 6: Jeremiah Layton (Gulf Coast) vs. Nicolas Romero (Mesa), 12:30 p.m.
Consolation Bracket Doubles Quarterfinals
No. 2: Triston Hill-Duarte Mestre (Gulf Coast) vs. TBD, 3:30 p.m.
No. 3: John Thomas Frank-Hiram Havard (Gulf Coast) vs. TBD
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