DECATUR – The Jones County Junior College men's tennis team blanked East Central, 9-0, here Wednesday afternoon.
In No. 1 doubles, Graham Lightsey and Eric Swisher beat Juan Miranda and Robert Strong, 8-3. Josiah Lim and Austin Baskin defeated Javon Yarbrough and Devin Skinner in No. 2 doubles, 8-5. Robert Kiewit and Josh Hester edged Cole Duty and Alex Chapman in No. 3 doubles, 9-8 (3).
Lightsey outlasted Miranda in No. 1 singles, 6-1, 4-6, 10-3. Lim downed Yarbrough in No. 2 singles, 6-1, 6-2. Swisher defeated Duty in No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-4. Baskin beat Strong 6-2, 6-0 in No. 4 singles. Kiewit defeated Skinner 6-1, 6-4 in No. 5 singles and Hester whipped Chapman in No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-1.
The Bobcats are now 5-1 and will host Copiah-Lincoln in a 1 p.m. match on Friday. JCJC visits Hinds on Monday.
East Central hosts Hinds Thursday.