No. 12 Men’s Tennis fall to No. 11 Coyotes

PERKINSTON — No. 12 Mississippi Gulf Coast dropped its first men's tennis match of the season, falling in its home opener to No. 11 Coastal Alabama-South on Monday.

Jan Bako (Fr., Ostrava, Czech Republic/Hladnov) and Warren Hudson (Fr., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs) won 8-5 at No. 2 doubles.

The Bulldogs picked up two more points in singles. Angel Hernandez (Fr., Puebla, Mexico/UPAEP) cruised 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1, and Santiago Enriquez (Fr., Encarnacion, Paraguay/CEUCE) picked up a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 4.

The Coyotes are 9-4.

Gulf Coast (1-1) is right back in action Tuesday in an MACCC match. The Bulldogs host No. 16 Copiah-Lincoln, with first serves scheduled for 2 p.m.

Results

Team: Coastal Alabama-South 6, Gulf Coast 3

Doubles

No. 1: David Gimenez-Alvaro Velasco (CAS) def. Angel Hernandez-Ryland Buford, 8-6

No. 2: Jan Bako-Warren Hudson (GC) def. Nils Guyot-Milan Olagnon, 8-5

No. 3: Julien Cordeau-Enzo Loots (CAS) def. Santiago Enriquez-Connor Hartfield, 8-5

Singles

No. 1: Hernandez (GC) def. Cordeau, 6-1, 6-3

No. 2: Gimenez (CAS) def. Bako, 6-3, 6-4

No. 3: Olagnon (CAS) def. Buford, 6-2, 6-1

No. 4: Enriquez (GC) def. Velasco, 6-3, 6-2

No. 5: Guyot (CAS) def. Hudson, 6-3, 6-2

No. 6: Maximo Yanez (CAS) def. Brennan McGlothin, 6-1, 7-6 (3)

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