Shorthanded No. 13 Bulldogs lose

PERKINSTON — Shorthanded No. 13 Mississippi Gulf Coast lost its final regular-season match Monday, a tight 5-4 defeat to No. 15 Coastal Alabama-South.

The Bulldogs were playing without No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles player Vicente Faria (So., Lisbon, Portugal/Escola Secundaria de Fonseca Benevides), who was held out of play because of injury.

Gonzalo Cotter (So., Valencia, Spain/IVLA) and Moritz Stroebel (Fr., Metzingen, Germany/Theodor-Heuss-Schule Reutlingen) picked up the Bulldogs' only doubles point, winning 8-6.

Cotter and Strobel also won their singles matches, with Ryland Buford (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport) winning No. 3 singles.

Gulf Coast (10-2) had beaten the Coyotes 5-4 earlier in the season. The Bulldogs will open postseason play April 24 in the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament against East Central. The tourney will be played in Ellisville. 

Results

Team: Coastal Alabama-South 5, Gulf Coast 4

Doubles

No. 1: Gonzalo Cotter-Moritz Stroebel (GC) def. Blake Robertson-Ryan Roberson, 8-6

No. 2: Enzo Loots-Lucas Van Splunteren (CA) def. Easton van Norden-Ryland Buford, 8-6

No. 3: David Gimenez-Alvaro Velasco def. Jordan Mitchell-Connor Hartfield, 8-4

Singles

No. 1: Cotter (GC) def. Robertson, 6-2, 7-5

No. 2: Stroebel (GC) def. Julien Cordeau, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3: Buford (GC) def. Loots, 7-5, 6-3

No. 4: Velasco (CA) def. Nick Dulaney, 6-4, 6-2

No. 5: Nils Guyot (CA) def. Mitchell, 7-5, 6-2

No. 6: Roberson (CA) def. van Norden, 6-2, 6-0

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