March 7, 2019
The 杏吧视频 tennis teams dropped a pair of road matches to the nationally ranked Jones College tennis teams Wednesday, March 6, on the Jones campus in Ellisville.
The No. 25 ranked Jones Bobcats topped the Warriors 9-0, while the No. 17 ranked Lady Bobcats defeated the Lady Warriors 7-2.
The East Central men are now 5-5 on the season while the women are 6-4.
鈥淲e lost a couple of doubles tie breakers which set the tone for the men鈥檚 match,鈥 said 杏吧视频 head coach Jay Pacelli. 鈥淭he score didn鈥檛 indicate the quality of tennis played. On the women鈥檚 side we got quality performances from Bethany Wellerman and our No. 2 doubles team against the defending state champions.鈥
Women鈥檚 Doubles Results:
JC鈥檚 Ariadna Jordan and Mireia Jordan defeated EC鈥檚 Josie Hurst (Newton County) and Ali Grace Walker (Newton County), 8-5; EC鈥檚 Gabriela Gomez (Bogota, Colombia) and Kayla Baucum (Newton County) defeated JC鈥檚 Kaitlyn Craig and Dixie Lei Hodges, 9-8 (7-4); and JC鈥檚 Judith Mills and Danielle Viljoen defeated EC鈥檚 Bethany Wellerman (Newton County Academy) and Alexis Tindall (Newton County Academy), 8-4.
Women鈥檚 Singles Results:
Mireia Jordan defeated EC鈥檚 Gomez, 6-2, 6-3; Ariadna Jordan defeated EC鈥檚 Walker, 6-1, 6-1; Craig defeated EC鈥檚 Tindall, 5-7, 6-2 (10-7); Viljoen defeated EC鈥檚 Hurst, 6-0, 6-1; EC鈥檚 Wellerman defeated Mills, 6-2, 6-2; and Hodges defeated EC鈥檚 Baucum, 6-3, 7-5.
Men鈥檚 Doubles Results:
JC鈥檚 Jordi Morey and Noel Monsalve defeated EC鈥檚 Chris Lawrance (York, Western Australia) and Isaac Santitto (Innisfail, Queensland, Australia), 9-8 (7-5); JC鈥檚 Erich Fischer and Jacob Johnson defeated EC鈥檚 Dylan Barnett (Newton County) and Peyton Chaney (Newton County), 9-8 (8-6); and JC鈥檚 James McWilliams and Conner Henderson defeated EC鈥檚 Isaac Keen (Winston Academy) and Jake Wofford (East Webster), 8-4.
Men鈥檚 Singles Results:
Morey defeated EC鈥檚 Lawrance, 6-2, 6-4; Monsalve defeated EC鈥檚 Santitto, 6-4, 6-4; Fischer defeated EC鈥檚 Barnett, 6-1, 6-2; Johnson defeated EC鈥檚 Keen, 6-3, 6-1; JC鈥檚 Cody Courtney defeated EC鈥檚 Wofford, 6-2, 6-1; and McWilliams defeated EC鈥檚 Chaney, 6-3, 6-1.
The East Central teams will host Copiah-Lincoln at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 9, before traveling to Perkinston to face Gulf Coast at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 15.
