Hudson grabs a point for No. 13 Bulldogs

No. 13 Mississippi Gulf Coast made a long trip Thursday for the start of its Texas adventure, and the Bulldogs lost their opening match to No. 10 Weatherford in the Tyler Invitational.

"We faced a really good team, and those guys came ready to play," Gulf Coast coach Sam Blackburn said. "I think as the week goes on, we will get better and better, but a big shoutout to Warren Hudson for coming back. He was down 6-2, 5-2, with match points against him and found a way to come back and win. That's a really big win for him."

Gulf Coast is 5-3, while Weatherford improves to 5-1.

Benjamin Asker was up big in his No. 4 singles match against Hudson, but the Bulldog turned the tables. He wound up winning a second-set tiebreaker, then won a 10-point tiebreaker in the third set 10-5.

Gulf Coast will play No. 7 Seward County on Friday at 6 p.m. The Bulldogs have two matches scheduled there Saturday: No. 1 Tyler at noon and No. 6 Collin County at 6 p.m. They'll wrap things up Saturday morning playing Jacksonville at 9 a.m.

Results

Team: Weatherford 8, Gulf Coast 1

Doubles

No. 1: Matteo Cardoso-Santiago Hidalgo (WC) def. Angel Hernandez-Jan Bako, 8-4

No. 2: Pablo Pasco-Andres Serrano (WC) def. Santiago Enriquez-Warren Hudson, 8-4

No. 3: Benjamin Asker-Julian Blainey (WC) def. Brennan McGlothin-Connor Hartfield, 8-5

Singles

No. 1: Cardoso (WC) def. Hernandez, 6-0, 6-3

No. 2: Hidalgo (WC) def. Bako, 6-4, 6-2

No. 3: Serrano (WC) def. Enriquez, 6-2, 6-1

No. 4: Hudson (GC) def. Asker, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 10-5

No. 5: Blainey (WC) def. Nick Dulaney, 6-2, 6-2

No. 6: Pasco (WC) def. McGlothin, 6-1, 6-2

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