No. 12 Gulf Coast loses to defending national champs

No. 12 Mississippi Gulf Coast faced No. 3 Tyler in its middle match of three against top-eight programs on Monday, falling 9-0 in Tyler, Texas.

Tanyaradzwa Kaome (So., Harare, Zimbabwe/The Heritage School) lost 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, and all the Bulldogs grabbed games on all six singles courts against the defending national champions.

Hayden Hensarling (So., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs) and Kendall Burn (Fr., Wiggins/Stone) had the best doubles performance, losing 8-2 at No. 2.

Gulf Coast will close out its Texas adventure Tuesday when the Bulldogs play No. 2 Cowley. First serves are set for 10 a.m.

Results

Team: Tyler 9, Gulf Coast 0

Doubles

No. 1: Sydney Stone-Yeva Kononovych (TJC) def. Tanyaradzwa Kaome-Angela Moreno, 8-0

No. 2: Hrudaya Shah-Natalia Michta (TJC) def. Hayden Hensarling-Kendall Burn, 8-2

No. 3: Zoi Spyrou-Yeva Kramarova (TJC) def. Niyah Strickland-Abigail Garman, 8-0

Singles

No. 1: Spyrou (TJC) def. Kaome, 6-2, 6-2

No. 2: Stone (TJC) def. Moreno, 6-3, 6-0

No. 3: Kramarova (TJC) def. Hensarling, 6-1, 6-1

No. 4: Michta (TJC) def. Burn, 6-2, 6-1

No. 5: Shah (TJC) def. Garman, 6-3, 6-0

No. 6: Beyza Yaniklar (TJC) def. Strickland, 6-0, 6-1

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