No. 18 MGCCC falls at No. 20 Jones

No. 18 Mississippi Gulf Coast lost a showdown of Top 20 teams Tuesday, falling 5-4 at No. 20 Jones County.

Chris Diep and Brennan O'Keefe helped win two matches for the Bulldogs (10-2 MACJC).

O'Keefe teamed with Noah Tippen to win No. 2 doubles 8-2, and Diep and Brett Bowen won No. 3 doubles 8-4. O'Keefe won his No. 6 singles match 6-4, 6-1 and Diep won at No. 5 singles 6-3, 6-4.

Gulf Coast travels to Copiah-Lincoln on Wednesday for its third match in three days. First serve is at 1:30 p.m.

Results

Team: Jones 5, MGCCC 4

Doubles

No. 1: Tagel Lewis-Diego Leal (JCJC) def. Bryan Allen-Sam Blackburn 8-5

No. 2: Noah Tippen-Brennan O'Keefe (MGCCC) def. Chase Pennington-Taylor Tamberg 8-2

No. 3: Chris Diep-Brett Bowen (MGCCC) def. Luke Armstrong-Josh Hester 8-4

Singles

No. 1: Lewis (JCJC) def. Allen 6-1, 6-0

No. 2: Leal (JCJC) def. Blackburn 6-4, 6-1

No. 3: Pennington (JCJC) def. TIppen 6-4, 6-4

No. 4: Tamberg (JCJC) def. Bowen 6-2, 7-5

No. 5: Diep (MGCCC) def. Armstrong 6-3, 6-4

No. 6: O'Keefe (MGCCC) def. Hester 6-4, 6-1