Men's Tennis | 3/25/2018 8:43:00 AM
ELLISVILLE – No. 20 Itawamba defeated No. 25 Jones County 6-3 here Saturday at the Howard Sports Complex Tennis Courts.
JCJC split the six singles matches.
Noel Monsalve (Venezeula) beat Ezra Blissard in No. 2 singles, 6-3, 6-4.
James Estrada (St. Stanislaus) downed Edson Marchant in No. 4 singles, 6-1, 6-2.
Daniel Tanious (Laurel Christian School) rallied to beat Russell Applewhite in No. 6 singles, 0-6, 6-3, 6-1.
In No. 1 singles, David Garcia-Perez defeat
Mitar Milosavljevic (Serbia), 6-4, 6-0. In No. 3 singles, Roberto Valadez beat
Cody Courtney (Florence), 6-1, 6-1. In No. 5 singles, Michael Crotts outlasted
Erich Fischer (Wesson), 7-5, 3-6, 10-6.
Garcia and Marchant beat Milosavljevic and Courtney in No. 1 doubles, 8-4. Blissard and Crotts edged Monsalve and Estrada in No. 2 doubles, 8-6. In No. 3 doubles, Blake Gregory and Valdez beat Fischer and
Jed Slover (Northeast Jones), 8-3.
In an extra match, Tanious and
Conner Henderson (Petal) beat Brody Clayton and Applewhite, 9-7.
JCJC falls to 3-7, while Itawamba is now 5-4.
The Bobcats return home for matches at 2 p.m. on Monday vs. Meridian and 1 p.m. on Tuesday vs. Wallace St. (Alabama).
Itawamba hosts Mississippi Gulf Coast on Tuesday.
