ELLISVILLE – The No. 12 Jones College Bobcats defeated No. 13 Meridian 6-3 here on a cold, blustery Friday afternoon at the Bobcat Tennis Complex.
Jones visits Holmes for a 1 p.m. match on Monday and will travel to Copiah-Lincoln and Southwest for matches on Tuesday. The Bobcats will host Hinds at 2 p.m. on Feb. 24.
The Bobcats won two of the doubles' points as they improved to 5-0 overall and 1-0 in the league.
Maggie Savell (Park Place Christian Academy) and
Allie Johnson (Hernando) defeated Kamryn Rodriguez and Ruthie Storment, 8-4, in No. 2 doubles and
Michaela Anderson (Tupelo) and
Reagan Salter (Lewisburg) blanked Julia Blackledge and Macey Hill, 8-0, in No. 3 doubles. In No. 1 doubles,
Guadalupe Tocci (Argentina) and
Daniela Tovar (Venezuela) dropped a 4-8 decision to Ana Julissa De Mata and Isabella Quintero.
Savell whipped Rodriguez in No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-0 and Johnson defeated Hill in No. 4 singles, 6-0, 6-1. Anderson downed Storment in No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-1, and
Annalyn Housley (Nettleton) beat Cali Grace Davis in No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-1. Tocci fell to De Mata in No. 1 singles, 5-7, 4-6 and Tovar lost to Quintero in No. 2 singles, 0-6, 0-6.
Meridian (3-4) plays at Dillard (Louisiana) on Saturday and hosts East Central on Tuesday.
