February 25, 2021
Freshman Garrett Crimm hits a forehand in his singles in against Co-Lin. (EC Photo)​
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ men's tennis team stretched their winning streak to three this week with back-to-back wins on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 23-24. The Warriors defeated Meridian, 5-4, in a tough road-trip match before moving past the Co-Lin Wolves, 6-3, at home. ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ takes its streak to Southwest on Friday, Feb. 26, as the team is set to take on the Bears in Summit at 3 p.m.
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ's (York, Australia) and (Innisfail, Australia) played No. 1 doubles in both matches and defeated Meridian, 8-6, before falling to Co-Lin 8-5. (Vicksburg) and (Vicksburg) fell to Eagles and Wolves, 8-3 and 8-2. (Vicksburg) and (Mathiston) played in the No. 3 slot in both matches and went 2-0 on the week with a pair of 8-4 wins.
In singles action, Lawrence dropped a hard-fought match versus Meridian in a tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-4, 10-0, but bounced back versus Co-Lin with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 1. Santitto played No. 2 singles and grabbed a pair of wins with a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Eagles and a stellar come-from-behind victory over Co-Lin, 0-6, 6-4, 10-6. Albert fell at No. 3 singles against Meridian, 6-2, 6-3, before getting a win over the Wolves, 6-3, 6-4. Gordon was another player that turned his luck around as he dropped his match versus the Eagles, 6-2, 6-1, before duking it out with Co-Lin with a 6-2, 7-6, win at No. 4 singles. Springfield went 1-1 at No. 5 with a 6-2, 7-6 win over Meridian and a 6-1, 6-0 loss to Co-Lin. Crimm rounded out the singles play with a 2-0 week with 6-1, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-4 wins.
"It was really a team victory for us against Meridian, and a great comeback for us against Co-Lin, being down 2-1 after doubles play," said ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ head coach Jay Pacelli. "We had several players play well and and played some of the best singles matches of the season. On to Southwest!"
Meridian | W, 5-4
|
No. 1 Doubles |
Lawrance/Santitto over Tennant/Jefcoat |
8-6 |
|
No. 2 Doubles |
Gonazalez/Hartman over Albert/Gordon |
8-3 |
|
No. 3 Doubles |
Springfield/Crimm over Frank/Black |
8-4 |
|
No. 1 Singles |
Matthew Tennant over |
4-6, 6-4, 10-0 |
|
No. 2 Singles |
over Dieter Gonazalez |
6-3, 6-2 |
|
No. 3 Singles |
Colin Hartman over |
6-2, 6-3 |
|
No. 4 Singles |
Taylor Jefcoat over |
6-2, 6-1 |
|
No. 5 Singles |
over William Frank |
6-2, 7-6 |
|
No. 6 Singles |
over Cainan Black |
6-1, 6-1 |
Co-Lin | W, 6-3
|
No. 1 Doubles |
Toloza/Parada over Lawrance/Santitto |
8-5 |
|
No. 2 Doubles |
Nelson/Pearson over Albert/Gordon |
8-2 |
|
No. 3 Doubles |
Springfield/Crimm over Oster/Ready |
8-4 |
|
No. 1 Singles |
over Julian Toloza |
6-4, 6-4 |
|
No. 2 Singles |
over Julian Parada |
0-6, 6-4, 10-6 |
|
No. 3 Singles |
over Ty Nelson |
6-3, 6-4 |
|
No. 4 Singles |
over Josh Ready |
6-2, 7-6 |
|
No. 5 Singles |
Lawson Pearson over |
6-1, 6-0 |
|
No. 6 Singles |
over Bryce Oster |
6-2, 6-4 |
