MCC Tennis Defeats East Central

The Meridian Community College Tennis teams picked up wins Tuesday over East Central Community College. The Eagle men defeated the Warriors 8-1, while the Lady Eagles won 7-2. With these wins the men improve to 4-1 while the women improved to 4-2. Both teams are currently holding a national ranking. The men are currently ranked 20th and the women are ranked 23rd.

The results for the women are as follows:

S1: Kennedy Rodriguez (MCC) def. Gabriella Gomez 6-0, 6-2
S2: Zoe Freke (MCC) def. Alex Tindall 6-2, 6-1
S3: Elisiva Latu (MCC) def. Josie Hurst 6-0, 6-1
S4: Rachel VanHorn (MCC) def. Ali Grace Walker 6-2, 6-2
S5: Amber Wascomb (MCC) def. Bethany Wellerman 7-5, 0-6, 1-0(7)
S6: Kayla Baucum def. Sophia Calderon (MCC) 6-1, 6-1
D1: Zoe Freke / Elisiva Latu (MCC) def. Ali Grace Walker / Josie Hurst 8-1
D2: Kennedy Rodriguez / Rachel VanHorn (MCC) def. Gabriella Gomez / Kayla Baucum 8-3
D3: Bethany Wellerman / Alex Tindall def. Amber Wascomb / Sophia Calderon (MCC) 8-3

The results for the men are as follows:

S1: Marko Puric (MCC) def. Chris Lawrence 7-5, 6-1
S2: Chase Rigdon (MCC) def. Isaac Santitto 6-2, 6-4
S3: Max Mauney (MCC) def. Dylan Barnett 6-0, 6-4
S4: Ethan Clopton (MCC) def. Isaac Keen 6-1, 6-1
S5: Guillermo Martin Tunon (MCC) def. Will Ladner 6-0, 6-1
S6: Michael Phillips (MCC)def. Peyton Chaney 6-1, 6-3
D1: Chris Lawrence / Isaac Santitto def. Marko Puric / Max Mauney (MCC) 8-4
D2: Chase Rigdon / Ethan Clopton (MCC) def. Peyton Chaney / Dylan Barnett 8-4
D3: Guillermo Martin Tunon / Michael Phillips (MCC) def. Will Ladner / Dominic Donaldson 8-1

The Eagles will return to the court Friday. They will host Jones College, at Northeast Park, at 2:00.