Bulldogs rip Northeast

PERKINSTON — The Mississippi Gulf Coast men's tennis team plowed through Northeast 8-1 Thursday at the MGCCC Tennis Complex.

The Bulldogs' three doubles teams dropped only a pair of games in their matches to improve to 4-3 overall and 3-1 in MACJC matches.

Travis Bell (Fr, Jackson/Calloway) and John Murphy (Fr, Mobile, Ala./McGill-Toolen) lost only two games in their No. 1 doubles and separate singles matches.

James Estrada (Fr, Saucier/St. Stanislaus) won his No. 4 singles match 6-0, 6-0.

Gulf Coast returns to action Friday when East Central comes to Perkinston. Matches start at 1 p.m.

Results

Team: MGCCC 8, Northeast 1

Doubles

No. 1: Travis Bell-John Murphy (MGCCC) def. Alan Riveria-Andrew Price 8-0

No. 2: Noah Tippen-Noah Rowell (MGCCC) def. Jacob Price-Tomas Tucker 8-1

No. 3: Brett Bowen-Reid Cudd (MGCCC) def. Chandler Walden-Cory Lindsey 8-1

Singles

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

No. 2: Murphy (MGCCC) def. Walden 6-0, 6-1

No. 3: Price (NEMCC) def. Austin Moore 4-6, 6-2, 11-9

No. 4: James Estrada (MGCCC) def. Jacob Jeffrys 6-0, 6-0

No. 5: Cudd (MGCCC) def. Tucker 6-1, 6-1

No. 6: Bowen (MGCCC) def. Lindsey 6-1, 6-3

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