ELLISVILLE – The 20th-rated Jones College Bobcats whipped No. 21 East Central 8-1 here Friday aftrnoon at the Bobcat Tennis Courts.
Jones (8-2) goes to Mississippi Gulf Coast for an 11 a.m. match on Saturday and visits Meridian at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
East Central (4-4) hosts Copiah-Lincoln on Tuesday.
No. 20 Bobcats 8, No. 21 Warriors 1
Jones swept the doubles' matches.
Kwanda Mbalekwa (South Africa) and
Jacob Johnson (North Pike) beat Chris Lawrance and Isaac Santitto in No. 1 doubles, 8-6.
Daniel Panzica (Brookhaven) and
James McWilliams (Northwest Rankin) defeated Dylan Barnett and Peyton Chaney in No. 2 doubles, 8-6, and Gasper Meda (Argentina) and
Trey Hilton (Pearl) whipped Dominick Donaldson and Chris Albert in No. 3 doubles, 8-1.
Meda defeated Lawrance in No. 1 singles, 7-6, 6-0 and Mbalekwa edged Santitto in No. 2 singles, 6-4, 0-6, 11-9. Panzica beat Barnett in No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-3 and Hilton downed Albert in No. 5 singles, 6-4, 6-2. McWilliams whipped Donaldson in No. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-0. Johnson lost to Chaney in No. 4 singles, 6-1, 4-6, 6-10.
