PERKINSTON – No. 20 Jones College posted a 5-4 victory over No. 19 Mississippi Gulf Coast here Saturday at the MGCCC Tennis Complex.
The Bobcats (9-2) will visit Meridian for a 2 p.m. match on Tuesday.
MGCCC (5-1)hosts Co-Lin on Monday.
No. 20 Bobcats 5, No. 19 Bulldogs 4
Jones won four of the singles matches as they upped their record to 9-2.
Gaspar Meda (Argentina) beat Serban Bonchis in No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-4 and
Daniel Panzica (Brookhaven) edged Patrick Roth in No. 3 singles, 6-2, 3-6, 11-9.
Trey Hilton (Pearl) rallied past Clint Verrett in No. 5 singles, 4-6, 6-4, 11-9 and
James McWilliams (Northwest Rankin) defeated Raymond Lam in No. 6 singles, 7-6, 6-3.
Kwanda Mbalekwa (South Africa) lost to Seth Macute in No. 2 singles, 3-6, 4-6, and
Jacob Johnson (North Pike) dropped a close match to Wesley Fontaine in No. 4 singles, 7-6, 3-6, 9-11.
Panzica and McWilliams took No. 2 doubles over Reid Crow and Patrick Roth, 8-4. Mbalekwa and Johnson fell to Macute and Fontaine in No. 1 doubles, 4-8, and Meda and Hilton dropped a 4-8 decision to Lam and Verrett in No. 3 doubles.
