No. 14 MGCCC men lose to No. 13 Meridian

PERKINSTON — No. 14 Mississippi Gulf Coast saw its 10-match win streak end when the Bulldogs got beaten by No. 13 Meridian 6-3.

A couple of close matches flipped against Gulf Coast, which falls to 13-4 overall, 9-2 in MACJC play. Both the Bulldogs losses have come at the hands of Meridian.

Noah Tippen (So, Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville) and Noah Rowell (Fr, Wiggins/Stone) won their No. 2 doubles match, and Tippen won his No. 3 singles match in a third-set tiebreaker.

Gulf Coast returns to action Monday. The Bulldogs travel to No. 15 Jones County, with the first serve at 2 p.m. It will be the fourth match against a ranked squad in five days.

Results

Team: Meridian 6, MGCCC 3

Doubles

No. 1: Jason Pimenta-Will Swindoll (MCC) def. Travis Bell-John Murphy 8-5

No. 2: Noah Tippen-Noah Rowell (MGCCC) def. Breno Goncalves-Callan Shinall 8-5

No. 3: Noah James-John Champion (MCC) def. Reid Cudd-Brett Bowen 9-7

Singles

No. 1: Pimenta (MCC) def. Bell 6-2, 6-4

No. 2: Goncalves (MCC) def. Murphy 6-1, 6-2

No. 3: Tippen (MGCCC) def. Swindoll 6-2, 4-6, 10-5

No. 4: Shinall (MCC) def. Rowell 1-6, 6-3, 10-5

No. 5: Cudd (MGCCC) def. James 6-2, 6-2

No. 6: Will Irvin (MCC) def. Bowen 6-3, 6-2 

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