No. 12 Gulf Coast battles No. 2 Cowley

No. 12 Mississippi Gulf Coast faced its highest-ranked opponent Tuesday to wrap up a three-day swing through Texas and had its strongest showing.

Gulf Coast lost 9-0 to second-ranked Cowley County but had better showings on just about all courts.

Tanyaradzwa Kaome (So., Harare, Zimbabwe/The Heritage School) and Angela Moreno (Fr., Sevilla, Spain/IES V Centenario) lost 8-4 at No. 1 doubles, and Kaome took her No. 1 singles opponent to a first-set tiebreak.

Niyah Strickland (Fr., Quitman/Pacuta), bumped up a spot to No. 5 singles, lost 6-4, 6-2. Moreno lost 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2 singles. 

Gulf Coast (8-4) played No. 3 Tyler and No. 8 Collin County earlier on the trip. The Bulldogs will play at Wallace State-Hanceville on Saturday before Spring Break next week. They'll be back in MACCC action against Southwest Mississippi on March 28 at Perk.

Results

Team: Team: Cowley Cowley 9, Gulf Coast 0

Doubles

No. 1: Alexandra Melnikova-Isid Hernandez (CC) def. Tanyaradzwa Kaome-Angela Moreno, 8-4

No. 2: Mariia Koroleva-Camila Neyra (CC) def. Hayden Hensarling-Kendall Burn, 8-2

No. 3: Mariana Jiminez-Roselida Asumwa (CC) def. Bayley Askin-Abigail Garman, 8-0

Singles

No. 1: Ntokozo Zungu (CC) def. Kaome, 7-6, 6-0

No. 2: Hernandez (CC) def. Moreno, 6-1, 6-3

No. 3: Koroleva (CC) def. Hensarling, 6-1, 6-1

No. 4: Neyra (CC) def. Burn, 6-1, 6-1

No. 5: Asumwa (CC) def. Niyah Strickland, 6-4, 6-2

No. 6: Jimenez (CC) def. Garman, 6-0, 6-1

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