Women's Tennis | 3/7/2018 8:28:00 AM
PERKINSTON – The No. 22 Jones County Junior College women's team posted a big 5-4 win over No. 15 Mississippi Gulf Coast here Tuesday afternoon.
JCJC won all three of the doubles' points in handing MGCCC its first loss of the season.
Mireia Jordan (Spain) and
Ariadna Jordan (Spain) beat Bianca Buie and Margarita Lopareva in No. 1 doubles, 8-6.
Beth Owen (Stone) and
Kaylee McLaurin (Laurel Christian School) defeated Jenna Lyons and Megan Bankston in No. 2 doubles, 8-2. In No. 3 doubles,
August Parker (Northeast Jones) and
Brooke Cran (Wayne County) outlasted Jillianne Craft and Tierney Holmes, 9-8 (5).
In No. 1 singles,
Mireia Jordan defeated Buie, 6-3, 6-4. Owen downed Bankston in No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-3.
Lopareva beat
Ariadna Jordan in No. 2 singles, 6-2, 4-6, 10-7. Holmes downed McLaurin in No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-0. Lyons beat Parker in No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-4.
In an extra match,
Kaitlyn Craig (Petal) defeated Kaitlyn Miller, 8-2.
The Lady Bobcats are now 5-1 and MGCCC drops to 6-1.
JCJC will travel to Itawamba for a 2 p.m. match on Thursday and will meet Blue Mountain College in a 10 a.m. match on Friday in New Albany.
MGCCC's next match will be March 20 vs. Cowley County (Kansas) in Meridian.
