No. 18 MGCCC downs No. 17 Co-Lin

PERKINSTON — No. 18 Mississippi Gulf Coast defended home court against No. 17 Copiah-Lincoln, winning eight of nine men's matches at the MGCCC Sports Complex.

The Bulldogs are 6-3 overall and have won five of six MACJC matches.

Gulf Coast swept all six singles matches, with No. 5 Reid Cudd (Fr, Wiggins/Stone) and No. 6 Brett Bowen (So, Oxford/Oxford) dropping just one game between them in straight set wins.

Gulf Coast returns to action Monday, traveling to Holmes. Matches at Goodman start at 1 p.m. It's the start of a long stretch of road games, with the next matches at Perk on March 27 against Wallace State-Hanceville.

Results

Team: MGCCC 8, Copiah-Lincoln 1

Doubles

No. 1: Sebastian Osorio-Juan Pinilla (CLCC) def. Travis Bell-John Murphy 8-4

No. 2: Noah Tippen-Noah Rowell (MGCCC) def. Cory Alderman-Tripp Case 8-3

No. 3: Brett Bowen-Reid Cudd (MGCCC) def. Sebastian Harrell-Hayes Thompson 8-1

Singles

No. 1: Bell (MGCCC) def. Osorio 6-7 (4), 6-3, 10-6

No. 2: Murphy (MGCCC) def. Pinilla 7-6 (4), 6-1

No. 3: Tippen (MGCCC) def. Thompson 6-3, 6-2

No. 4: Rowell (MGCCC) def. Case 6-2, 6-2

No. 5: Cudd (MGCCC) def. Alderman 6-0, 6-1

No. 6: Bowen (MGCCC) def. Cole Moak 6-0, 6-0

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