MOBILE, Ala. - The Spring Hill College men's tennis team fell to Mississippi College, 6-1, in a non-conference match Monday at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center.

The Choctaws (3-6) took two of the three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Spring Hill's Ulf Grosseloh and Ricardo Pena beat Ben Jarvis and Brady McDaniel, 6-3, in the No. 3 match, but Maksym Konovalov and Francois Le Tallec of Mississippi College beat Cedric Nitz and Kurt Shiell, 6-4, at No. 1 and the Choctaws' Shane Samyn and Max Nilges edged out Til Behrendt and Alex Demel, 7-6, at No. 2 to get the team point.

In the singles, Shiell beat William Clausen, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6 to provide Spring Hill (4-6) its lone team point, but the Badgers were competitive, as three matches went to a third-set tiebreaker. Konovalov edged Nitz, 6-2, 1-6, 10-7 at No. 1, Samyn got by Grosseloh, 6-2, 2-6, 10-5 at No. 2 and the Choctaws' Ben Jarvis snuck by Chris Mines, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8 at No. 5. In the No. 3 match, Nilges beat Pena, 6-2, 6-0 and McDaniel knocked off Demel, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4.

Spring Hill is back in action Wednesday, hosting Dallas Baptist. First serve at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center is set for 10 a.m.

at Copeland-Cox Tennis Center
Mississippi College 6, Spring Hill College 1
Singles
1. Maksym Konovalov (MC) def. Cedric Nitz (SHC) 6-2, 1-6, 10-7
2. Shane Samyn (MC) def. Ulf Grosseloh (SHC) 6-2, 2-6, 10-5
3. Max Nilges (MC) def. Ricardo Pena (SHC) 6-2, 6-0
4. Brady McDaniel (MC) def. Alex Demel (SHC) 6-2, 6-3
5. Ben Jarvis (MC) def. Chris Mines (SHC) 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
6. Kurt Shiell (SHC) def. William Clausen (MC) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1. Maksym Konovalov/Francois Le Tallec (MC) def. Cedric Nitz/Kurt Shiell (SHC) 6-4
2. Shane Samyn/Max Nilges (MC) def. Til Behrendt/Alex Demel (SHC) 7-6
3. Ulf Grosseloh/Ricardo Pena (SHC) def. Ben Jarvis/Brady McDaniel (MC) 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,1,4,3,5,2)