PERKINSTON – No. 15 Jones College notched a 6-3 decision over 14th-rated Mississippi Gulf Coast here Tuesday afternoon at the MGCCC Tennis Complex.
The Bobcats are now 10-0 overall and 5-0 in the MACCC. Gulf Coast falls to 5-1 overall, 4-1 in the conference.
The Bobcats swept the doubles' matches and earned the split in singles.
Tomi Nader (Argentina) and
Wallace Brewer (Germantown) defeated Paul Gayk and Owen Stice in No. 1 doubles, 8-5.
Charlie Brady (Australia) and
Tanner Bevard (Sacred Heart) beat Anderson Dulaney and Orren Ladner in No. 2 doubles, 8-3.
Jackson Peoples (Northwest Rankin) and
Dawson Do downed Kyle Bond and Triston Hill in No. 3 doubles, 8-5.
Nader defeated Gayk in No. 1 singles, 6-1, 7-6, Brady beat Dulaney in No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-1 and Do knocked off Chace Bolan in No. 6 singles, 6-4, 6-0. Brewer lost to Stice in No. 2 singles, 3-6, 2-4 (default) and Bevard fell to Bond in No. 4 singles, 3-6, 1-6. Peoples dropped a close, 6-3, 3-6, 7-10 decision to Ladner in No. 5 singles.
Jones hosts Itawamba in a 2 p.m. Thursday match.
Gulf Coast goes to Coastal Alabama-South Thursday.