No. 14 MGCCC beats Wallace State

PERKINSTON — The No. 14 Mississippi Gulf Coast men's tennis team extended its winning streak to five straight matches Monday with a 7-2 win over Wallace State-Hanceville.

Travis Bell (Fr, Jackson/Calloway), John Murphy (Fr, Mobile, Ala./McGill-Toolen) and Noah Rowell (Fr, Wiggins/Stone) won two matches each for the Bulldogs.

Rowell has won both his matches the last four times out.

Gulf Coast, which improves to 8-3, continues a busy week Thursday with a trip to Copiah-Lincoln. The Bulldog return to Perkinston for matches Friday and Saturday against Holmes and Itawamba.

Results

Team: MGCCC 7, Wallace State-Hanceville 2

Doubles

No. 1: Travis Bell-John Murphy (MGCCC) def. Clint Watson-Donny Camp 8-3

No. 2: Noah Tippen-Noah Rowell (MGCCC) def. Toddric Stallworth-Luke Bowden 8-4

No. 3: Cade Pressnell-Damon Calvert (WSCC) def. Brett Bowen-Reid Cudd 9-8 (4)

Singles

No. 1: Bell (MGCCC) def. Pressnell 6-3, 6-3

No. 2: Murphy (MGCCC) def. Watson 7-5, 2-6, 10-6

No. 3: Camp (WSCC) def. Tippen 6-2, 7-6 (3)

No. 4: Rowell (MGCCC) def. Stallworth 6-2, 6-1

No. 5: Cudd (MGCCC) def. Hunter Manley 6-1, 6-3

No. 6: Bowen (MGCCC) def. Calvert 6-3, 3-6, 10-7

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