No. 11 Women lose for 1st time

PERKINSTON — No. 11 Mississippi Gulf Coast lost for the first time this season Tuesday, falling 7-2 to No. 12 Jones in MACCC women's tennis action at the MGCCC Tennis Complex.

Bayley Askin (So., St. Martin/St. Martin) won her match at No. 3 singles 6-4, 6-2, and Kendall Burn (Fr., Wiggins/Stone) won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 5 singles.

Burn and Hayden Hensarling (So., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs) had the closest match in doubles, falling 8-6 at No. 2. Hensarling and Angela Moreno (Fr., Sevilla, Spain/IES V Centenario) lost singles matches in three sets.

Gulf Coast travels to Bay Minette to play Coastal Alabama-South on Thursday. First serves are set for 2 p.m.

Results

Team: Jones 7, Gulf Coast 2

Doubles

No. 1: Daniela Tovar-Guadalupe Tocci (JC) def. Tanyaradzwa Kaome-Angela Moreno, 8-2

No. 2: Maggie Savell-Allie Johnson (JC) def. Hayden Hensarling-Kendall Burn, 8-6

No. 3: Michaela Anderson-Reagan Salter (JC) def. Bayley Askin-Abigail Garman, 8-4

Singles

No. 1: Tocci (JC) def. Kaome, 6-2, 6-2

No. 2: Tovar (JC) def. Moreno, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8

No. 3: Askin (GC) def. Savell, 6-4, 6-2

No. 4: Johnson (JC) def. Hensarling, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7

No. 5: Burn (GC) def. Anderson, 6-1, 6-3

No. 6: Annalyn Housley (JC) def. Garman, 6-3, 6-0

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