FULTON – Jones College ended MACCC play at 9-0 following a 9-0 win over No. 19 Itawamba here Tuesday at the Johnson-Partlow Tennis Courts.
The Bobcats improved to 14-1 overall and will play No. 8 Wallace State-Hanceville at 1 p.m. Saturday in Meridian in the regular season finale.
Jones will host the men's Region 23 Tournament April 16-18 at the Bobcat Tennis Complex.
In No. 1 doubles,
Tom Garrett (Australia) and
Juan Francisco Pereyra (Australia) beat Josue Segrelles Tronchoni and Kole Kusek, 8-1.
Ridge Jones (Northeast Jones) and
Felipe Morales (Argentina) defeated Andrea Cattaneo and Andrej Tasevski in No. 2 doubles, 8-6.
Ryan Roth (Resurrection Catholic) and
Reese Touchet (Madison Central) downed Jacob Christ and Matthew Durrett in No. 3 doubles, 8-6.
Pereyra rallied past Tronchoni in No. 1 singles, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 1-0 and Garrett defeated Cattaneo in No. 2 singles, 6-4, 6-4. Morales whipped Tasevski in No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-1 and Jones downed Kusek in No. 4 singles, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1).
Luke Westmoreland (Grenada) defeated Christ in No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-3 and
Crews Cockrell (West Jones) blanked Durrett in No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-0.
