No. 15 Bulldogs edged at home

PERKINSTON — No. 15 Mississippi Gulf Coast lost a narrow 5-4 women's tennis match to No. 13 Coastal Alabama-South on Monday, dropping its first match of the season.

Gulf Coast falls to 1-1, while the Coyotes are 8-3.

Isona Arnaus (So., Barcelona, Spain/Centre Lopez Vicuna) and Victoria Ros Fabuel (Fr., Valencia, Spain /Colegio Sagrado Corazon Hermanos Maristas) won 8-6 at No. 1 doubles.

The Bulldogs won the first three courts in singles. Arnaus won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1, and Ros Fabuel won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2. At No. 3, Pia Pugliese (Fr., San Juan, Argentina/Colegio Central Universitario Mariano Moreno) picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win.

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 5, Gulf Coast 4

Doubles

No. 1: Isona Arnaus-Victoria Ros Fabuel (GC) def. Jescimiel Mabiongo-Neda Kocyte, 8-6

No. 2: Nadja Walter-Hannah Stenger (CAS) def. Pia Pugliese-Paige Baronich, 9-8 

No. 3: Teah Johnson-Amber Langendries (CAS) def. Katelyn Walker-Meredith Matthews, 8-2

Singles

No. 1: Arnaus (GC) def. Walter, 6-4, 6-1

No. 2: Ros Fabuel (GC) def. Mabiongo, 6-4, 6-3

No. 3: Pugliese (GC) def. Johnson, 6-0, 6-2

No. 4: Stenger (CAS) def. Baronich, 6-3, 6-2

No. 5: Langendries (CAS) def. Matthews, 6-1, 6-0

No. 6: Kocyte (CAS) def. Andee Rogers, 6-2, 6-1

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