Badgers look to bounce back after loss to begin road swing

CLINTON, Miss. – The Spring Hill men's tennis team was tripped up on Tuesday, falling 7-0 on the road against Mississippi College. The loss drops the Badgers to 1-2 on the young season, while the Choctaws improve to 2-0.
 
Match Details:
The Choctaws took the doubles point with wins in the third and second flights respectively, taking the early 1-0 lead. In singles play, Luke Bedwell fell 6-3, 6-2, followed by Filipe Grebenstov's 6-2, 6-4 loss on Court 2.
 
MC officially earned the win with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Tom Ruel in the third singles flight and kept the momentum going with wins on Courts 5 and 6. Tom Gutermann was the last Badger of the day left standing, battling to three sets before eventually dropping the top flight 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
 
Results:

• Doubles (3, 2, 1)  
  1. Ricci/Ruiz (MC) def. Gutermann/Grebenstov (SHC) 7-5
  2. Lefort/Avanesyan (MC) def. Tucker/Huckell (SHC) 7-5
  3. Hinton/Ramirez Ocana (MC) def. Rios/Patton (SHC) 6-2

 

• Singles (4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 1)
  1. Ricci (MC) def. Gutermann (SHC) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
  2. Ruiz (MC) def. Grebenstov (SHC) 6-2, 6-4
  3. Avanesyan (MC) def. Ruel (SHC) 6-3, 6-4
  4. Ramirez Ocana (MC) def. Bedwell (SHC) 6-3, 6-2
  5. Walcher (MC) def. Patton (SHC) 6-1, 6-0
  6. Cavalvanti de Carvalho (MC) def. Rios (SHC) 6-3, 6-0

 
Up Next: 
The Badgers are back in action on Wednesday, when they take Delta State in Clinton. The match is set to begin at 12:00 p.m.