Gulf Coast women win 6th straight

PHOTO BY GREG HARTLEY JR./MGCCC

Mississippi Gulf Coast won its sixth-straight women's tennis match Tuesday by trouncing Coastal Alabama-South 7-2 in Bay Minette.

The Bulldogs improved to 11-1 overall. The first Oracle/ITA Rankings of 2021 will come out Thursday.

Kaylen Bond (So., Stone/Perkinston) and Anna Stringer (So., Stone/Wiggins) won their respective Nos. 4 and 5 singles matches without dropping a game. 

Gulf Coast will get back to MACCC on Friday. The Bulldogs entertain East Central at 1 p.m. at the MGCCC Tennis Complex.

Results

Team: Gulf Coast 7, Coastal Alabama-South 2

Doubles

No. 1: Krissy Georgieva-Kasey Kent (GC) def. Zoe Broussard-Carlee Teague, 8-6

No. 2: Kaylen Bond-Anna Stringer (GC) def. Clare Phillips-Emma Spears, 8-1

No. 3: Ashley Chelette-Tia Topps (GC) def. Chloe Turner-Taji Williams, 8-5

Singles

No. 1: Georgieva (GC) def. Broussard, 6-1, 6-0

No. 2: Teague (CAS) def. Kent, 6-4, 6-3

No. 3: Bond (GC) def. Phillips, 6-0, 6-0

No. 4: Stringer (GC) def. Turner, 6-0, 6-0

No. 5: Topps (GC) def. Spears, 5-7, 6-1, 10-3

No. 6: Williams (CAS) def. Chelette, 6-3, 1-6, 10-7

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