Bulldogs edge Coyotes 5-4 to start season

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast defeated a roster full of international players Monday to get its 2025 men's tennis season started on the right serve.

The Bulldogs beat Coastal Alabama-South 5-4 at the MGCCC Tennis Complex. 

Gulf Coast won two of the doubles courts to take and early lead. Vicente Faria (So., Lisbon, Portugal/Escola Secundaria de Fonseca Benevides) and Moritz Stroebel (Fr., Metzingen, Germany/Theodor-Heuss-Schule Reutlingen) on at No. 1, and Gonzalo Cotter (So., Valencia, Spain/IVLA) and Ryland Buford (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport) at No. 2, both 8-2.

Cotter, Faria and Stroebel won their singles matches in straight sets to clinch the match. Buford took the No. 4 court to a third-set tiebreaker.

Gulf Coast will travel to Vicksburg on Tuesday to play an exhibition match against NCAA Division I Alcorn State. First serves are set for 1 p.m.

Results

Team: Gulf Coast Men 5, Coastal Alabama-South 4

Doubles

No. 1: Vicente Faria-Moritz Stroebel (GC) def. Ryan Roberson-David Gimenez, 8-2

No. 2: Gonzalo Cotter-Ryland Buford (GC) def. Blake Robertson-Alvaro Velasco, 8-2

No. 3: Enzo Loots-Lucas van Splunteren (CA) def. Jordan Mitchell-Easton van Norden, 8-2

Singles

No. 1: Cotter (GC) def. Roberson, 6-2, 6-1

No. 2: Faria (GC) def. Julien Cordeau, 6-1, 6-2

No. 3: Stroebel (GC) def. Loots, 6-1, 6-1

No. 4: Gimenez (CA) def. Buford, 5-7, 6-2, 12-10

No. 5: Nick Dulaney (GC) def. Velasco (CA) def. Nick Dulaney, 6-4, 7-6 (3)

No. 6: Jack Morris (CA) def. Mitchell, 6-2, 6-1

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