No. 11 Gulf Coast swarms Sun Chiefs

No. 11 Mississippi Gulf Coast rebounded from its first loss of the year by dominating Coastal Alabama-South in women's tennis action on Thursday in Bay Minette, Ala. The Bulldogs beat the Sun Chiefs 8-1.

"They put it on cruise control from the beginning," Gulf Coast coach Sam Blackburn said. "We had a couple of shaky areas and played through some tennis that wasn't our best on some courts, but we found a way to win on most of those courts. Overall, it was very good bouncing back from a loss the other day. It was good to get a confidence boost and keep this team progressing in a great way." 

Gulf Coast (6-1) dropped only five games in sweeping the doubles action, then won two of the first three singles courts to clinch. Bayley Askin (So., St. Martin/St. Martin) lost only one game across three sets in singles and doubles, and Kendall Burn (Fr., Wiggins/Stone) dropped only three.

The Bulldogs return to MACCC action Tuesday with another road trip, this time to Raymond. They'll take on Hinds with first serves at 2 p.m. Their next home match has been moved up a day, with Holmes visiting Perkinston on March 9.

Results

Team: Gulf Coast 8, Coastal Alabama-South 1

Doubles

No. 1: Tanyaradzwa Kaome-Angela Moreno (GC) def. Emma Pager-Sydney Cohen, 8-3

No. 2: Hayden Hensarling-Kendall Burn (GC) def. Taji Williams-Hannah Vosteen, 8-2

No. 3: Bayley Askin-Abigail Garman (GC) def. Emma Spears-Alyssa Steed, 8-0

Singles

No. 1: Kaome (GC) def. Pager, 6-0, 6-2

No. 2: Moreno (GC) def. Cohen, 6-3, 6-2

No. 3: Askin (GC) def. Williams, 6-1, 6-0

No. 4: Hensarling (GC) def. Vosteen, 4-6, 6-2, 10-4

No. 5: Burn (GC) def. Steed, 6-0, 6-1

No. 6: Spears (CAS) def. Niyah Strickland, 4-6, 6-0, 10-8

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