March 10, 2018
The 杏吧视频 Lady Warriors picked up their second tennis win of the spring over visiting Itawamba Friday, March 9, with a 6-3 victory, while the Warriors fell to the visiting No. 20 ICC Indians 6-3.
The MACJC matches were played at the Tennis Complex on the 杏吧视频 campus in Decatur.
The East Central Lady Warriors improved to 4-3 on the season, while the Warriors are now 0-7.
鈥淚t was a solid team victory for the women without having the services of Gabby (No. 1 player Gabriela Gomez) for the second straight match,鈥 said 杏吧视频 head coach Jay Pacelli. 鈥淭he team really fought back after ICC played well in the doubles.鈥
In the women鈥檚 doubles matches, ICC鈥檚 Bailey Gillentine/Kaitlyn Meadows beat EC鈥檚 Bethany Wellerman of Newton County Academy and Tatiana Quinonez (Bogota, Colombia), 8-4; ICC鈥檚 Madison Mayhall/Caroline Ferguson defeated EC鈥檚 Alexis Tindall of Newton County Academy and Caylee Grace Yarborough of Loyd Star, 8-1; and EC鈥檚 Julia Johnston of Florence and Sara Mazzella of Newton County Academy beat ICC鈥檚 Claire Ferguson/Lizbeth Jiminez, 8-5.
In the women鈥檚 singles, Meadows defeated EC鈥檚 Madison Crapps of Pisgah High School, 6-0, 7-6; EC鈥檚 Quinonez defeated Gillentine, 7-6, 6-2; EC鈥檚 Tindall beat Mayhall, 6-3, 7-5; EC鈥檚 Yarborough beat Caroline Ferguson, 6-2, 6-2; EC鈥檚 Wellerman beat Claire Ferguson, 6-2, 6-0; and EC鈥檚 Johnston beat Georgia Claire Campbell, 6-2, 6-1.
In the men鈥檚 doubles action, ICC鈥檚 David Garcia-Perez/Edson Marchant beat EC鈥檚 Tom Langelaar (Veldhoven, Netherlands) and Joseph Jabour of Warren Central, 9-8 (7-5); ICC鈥檚 Ezra Blissard/Michael Crotts beat EC鈥檚 Willie Wooten of Warren Central and Landon Gibson of Clarkdale, 8-5; and ICC鈥檚 Blake Gregory/Roberto Valadez beat EC鈥檚 Emontie Lewis of Terry and Jake Wofford of East Webster, 8-1.
In the men鈥檚 singles, EC鈥檚 Langelaar beat Garcia-Perez, 2-6, 3-1 (forfeit); Blissard beat EC鈥檚 Wooten, 6-2, 6-2; Valadez beat EC鈥檚 Jabour, 6-1, 2-6 (10-6); EC鈥檚 Lewis beat Marchant, 6-4, 7-6 (10-7); Crotts defeated EC鈥檚 Gibson 7-6, 6-2; and EC鈥檚 Isaac Keen of Winston Academy defeated Russell Applewhite, 6-1, 6-1.
The East Central teams will take a week off for Spring Break before hosting the nationally ranked teams from Cowley County Community College (Arkansas City, Kan.) at 2 p.m. on March 19 at the Tennis Complex in Decatur. The Cowley men are ranked No. 7 in the nation and the women are No. 11.
