MGCCC beats up Eagles 7-2

PERKINSTON — The Mississippi Gulf Coast men's tennis team remains perfect after three matches after beating Meridian 7-2 at the MGCCC Tennis Complex.

The Bulldogs (3-0) swept three doubles matches. Pedro Molero (Fr., Maracaibo, Venezuela/U.E. Instituto Americano Joseph John Thomson) and Clay Fudge (Fr., Madison/Madison Central) teamed to win No. 2 by an 8-1 score, as did Patrick Roth (So., Pascagoula/Resurrection) and Jackson Ward (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport) at No. 3.

Fudge was dominant again at No. 5, winning 6-0, 6-0.

Gulf Coast gets a day off before its third match of the week Thursday. Coastal Alabama-South visits Perk, with first serves set for 1 p.m.

Results

Team: Gulf Coast 7, Meridian 2

Doubles

No. 1: Seth Macute-Wesley Fontaine (GC) def. Matthew Tennant-Dieter Gonzalez, 8-4

No. 2: Pedro Molero-Clay Fudge (GC) def. Colin Hartman-Taylor Jefcoat, 8-1

No. 3: Patrick Roth-Jackson Ward (GC) def. Grant Frank-Cainan Black, 8-1

Singles

No. 1: Tennant (MER) def. Macute, 6-2, 6-4

No. 2: Molero (GC) def. Gonzalez, 6-0, 6-2

No. 3: Hartman (MER) def. Roth, 7-5, 4-6, 10-8

No. 4: Fontaine (GC) def. Jefcoat, 6-1, 6-2

No. 5: Fudge (GC) def. Frank, 6-0, 6-0

No. 6: Grant Eubanks (GC) def. Black, 6-1, 6-3  

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