No. 12 Bulldogs sweep Holmes

PERKINSTON — No. 12 Mississippi Gulf Coast opened the MACCC men's tennis season Friday with a 9-0 win over Holmes at the MGCCC Tennis Complex.

"It's good to get a first conference win under our belt like that," Bulldogs coach Sam Blackburn said. "We've played a tough non-conference schedule to start the season. The guys have been grinding every single match, mostly against four-year schools, so it's nice to get a solid, straightforward win today. It feels good."

Gulf Coast (2-0 overall) didn't drop a game on any court on the way to the sweep.

The Bulldogs will face No. 19 Meridian on Tuesday. The road match begins at 2 p.m.

Results

Team: Gulf Coast men 9, Holmes 0

Doubles

No. 1: Vicente Faria-Moritz Stroebel (GC) def. Daniel Bheemashetty-Justice Worthy, 8-0

No. 2: Gonzalo Cotter-Ryland Buford (GC) def. Jordan Leech-Parker McLendon, 8-0

No. 3: Jordan Mitchell-Nick Dulaney (GC) def. Colten Kimble-Gage Smith, 8-0

Singles

No. 1: Cotter (GC) def. Worthy, 6-0, 6-0

No. 2: Faria (GC) def. Bheemashetty, 6-0, 6-0

No. 3: Buford (GC) def. Myers, 6-0, 6-0

No. 4: Dulaney (GC) def. Leech, 6-0, 6-0

No. 5: Mitchell (GC) def. McLendon, 6-0, 6-0

No. 6: Easton van Norden (GC) def. Eli Lewis, 6-0, 6-0

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