No. 18 Gulf Coast dominates Northwest
PERKINSTON – Only a pair of third-set tiebreakers prevented No. 18 Mississippi Gulf Coast from sweeping Northwest on Saturday.
The Bulldogs won 7-2 at the MGCCC Tennis Complex to improve to 9-1 in MACJC play.
"We played really strong," Gulf Coast coach Gary Bourgeois said. "We lost two tough tiebreakers, but everybody else played real solid."
Brett Bowen dropped a close 14-12 tiebreaker in the third after teaming up with Chris Diep to dominate Northwest 8-0 in No. 3 doubles.
No. 2 singles player Sam Blackburn and No. 6 Brennan O'Keefe dropped only one game in sweeping their matches.
"I hope this is a preview of next week, especially when we go on the road to Jones and Co-Lin," Bourgeois said. "I hope we're really ready to play going into the last part of the season. I preach it's not how you start, but it's how you finish. I hope we're ready to finish strong."
RESULTS
Team: MGCCC 7, Northwest 2
Doubles
No. 1: Bryan Allen-Sam Blackburn (MGCCC) def. Zaen Harbin-Quentin Hutchinson 8-1
No. 2: Noah Tippen-Brennan O'Keefe (MGCCC) def. Zak Harbin-Dalton Young 8-4
No. 3: Chris Diep-Brett Bowen (MGCCC) def. Thomas Hall-Luke Wilson 8-0
Singles
No. 1: Allen (MGCCC) def. Noah Dunlap 6-3, 6-0
No. 2: Blackburn (MGCCC) def. Zaen Harbin 6-0, 6-1
No. 3: Young (NW) def. Tippen 3-6, 6-2, 10-3
No. 4: Zak Harbin (NW) def. Bowen 6-4, 4-6, 14-12
No. 5: Diep (MGCCC) def. Hall 6-4, 6-2
No. 6: O'Keefe (MGCCC) def. Wilson 6-0, 6-1
