February 8, 2020
Four nationally ranked tennis teams squared off on the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ campus in Decatur Friday, Feb. 10, with the teams from Gulf Coast coming out victorious in both matches.
The No. 18 Gulf Coast women defeated the No. 20 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Lady Warriors 6-3, while the No. 19 Gulf Coast men won 7-2 over the No. 21 East Central men.
With the losses, the Lady Warriors are 1-1 on the season and the Warriors are 0-2. It was the season opener for both Gulf Coast teams.
Women’s Doubles Results:
GC’s Krissy Georgieva and Noni Charlton defeated EC’s Natalia Beltran (Bogota, Colombia) and Alejandra Vargas (Bogota, Colombia), 8-2; EC’s Josie Hurst (Newton County) and Ali Grace Walker (Newton County) defeated GC’s Anna Stringer and Kaylen Bond, 8-3; and GC’s Tia Topps and Chasity Snyder defeated EC’s Kayla Baucum (Newton County) and Marla Graham (Newton County Academy), 8-6.
Women’s Singles Results:
GC’s Georgieva defeated EC’s Beltran, 2-6, 6-1 (12-10); GC’s Charlton defeated EC’s Vargas, 6-2, 6-2; EC’s Walker defeated GC’s Stringer, 6-2, 6-1; GC’s Bond defeated EC’s Hurst, 6-4, 7-5; GC’s Tops defeated EC’s Baucum 6-1, 6-1; and EC’s Graham defeated GC’s Snyder, 6-4, 6-2.
Men’s Doubles Results:
EC’s Chris Lawrance (York, Western Australia) and Isaac Santitto (Innisfail, Queensland, Australia) defeated GC’s Serban Bonchis and Patrick Roth, 8-6; GC’s Seth Macute and Wesley Fontaine defeated EC’s Dylan Barnett (Newton County) and Peyton Chaney (Newton County), 8-2; and GC’s Clint Verrett and Raymond Lam defeated EC’s Dominick Donaldson (Florence) and Rhy Elizar (Florence), 8-1.
Men’s Singles Results:
EC’s Lawrance defeated GC’s Bonchis, 6-3, 6-3; GC’s Macute defeated Santitto, 4-6, 6-1 (10-6); GC’s Roth defeated EC’s Barnett, 6-0, 6-1; GC’s Fontaine defeated EC’s Chaney, 6-0, 6-1; GC’s Verrett defeated EC’s Elizar, 6-2, 6-1; and GC’s Lam defeated EC’s Donaldson, 6-3, 6-0.
After matches at Marion Military Institute in Marion, Ala., on Saturday, Feb. 8, the East Central teams will host Copiah-Lincoln at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and Southwest at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14. The Lady Warriors will play Snead State (Ala.) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Tennis Complex on campus.
