No. 14 MGCCC wins again against top-20 team
PERKINSTON — No. 14 Mississippi Gulf Coast defeated its second straight top-20 team Friday at No. 16 East Central, setting up a third such match in as many days.
The Bulldogs (13-3, 10-1 MACJC) defeated the Warriors 6-3 for their 10th straight victory.
Travis Bell (Fr, Jackson/Calloway) and Reid Cudd (Fr, Wiggins/Stone) won both the matches. Bell and John Murphy (Fr, Mobile, Ala./McGill-Toolen) teamed up to win No. 1 doubles, and Bell won his No. 1 singles match over Tom Langelaar 6-3, 6-2.
Cudd and Brett Bowen (So, Oxford/Oxford) won at No. 3 singles, and he swept Brandon Rogers 6-3, 6-2 at No. 6 doubles.
Gulf Coast faces No. 13 Meridian at the MGCCC Tennis Complex on Saturday. Matches start at 11 a.m.
The Bulldogs will be trying to avenge their only MACJC loss of the season. Meridian won 8-1 at home in February.
Results
Team: MGCCC 6, East Central 3
Doubles
No. 1: Travis Bell-John Murphy (MGCCC) def. Tom Langelaar-Joseph Jabour 9-7
No. 2: Will Stewart-John Jimenez (ECCC) def. Noah Tippen-Noah Rowell 8-5
No. 3: Reid Cudd-Brett Bowen (MGCCC) def. Willie Wooten-Brandon Rogers 8-2
Singles
No. 1: Bell (MGCCC) def. Langelaar 6-3, 6-2
No. 2: Jimenez (ECCC) def. Murphy 6-3, 6-1
No. 3: Tippen (MGCCC) def. Jabour 6-4, 7-6 (1)
No. 4: Rowell (MGCCC) def. Stewart 6-1, 6-2
No. 5: Cudd (MGCCC) def. Rogers 6-3, 6-2
No. 6: Graham Murphree (ECCC) def. Bowen 6-7 (4), 6-4, 10-4
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