2012

ECCC tennis teams struggle with losses in recent matches

East Central Com– munity College's tennis teams dropped decisions to Northeast from Mississippi school C om mun it y r eports College in competition held March 6 at Meridian Community College. Both EC squads fell by 6-.3 ma1·gins. In men's singles, Andrew Hanna of Newton County Acad– emy, Newton County High School product Blake Cochran, and Lucas Ca.lvert were the lone winners for the Warriors. Hanna defeated Bran– don Gardner 6-7 (6-8), 6- 4, 1-0 (14-12); Cochran beat Taylor Dees 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5); and Calvert dropped Drew Gann 6-0, 7-6 (7-2). In other results, Levi French of Union was clipped by Preston Wade 6-3, 6-0; Chris Mays fell to Ben Nbek 6-1, 6-3; and Josh Peoples lost to Andrew Ferrell 6-1,6-3. In men's doubles, French and Mays lost to Wade/Dces 8-3; Cochran and Peoples fell to Gardner/Nhek 8-3; and Calvert and Hanna were edged by FerreunDuncan Schaefer 8-5. Newton County High School products Cassie Munn and Kelsey Tad– lock won their respective singles matches. Munn defeated Monica Pruitt 6- 3, 6-1 and Tadlock clipped Rose 7-5, 6-3. Lauren Lurk, also of

Newton County, felJ 6-4, 6-1 in her match with Emily Burke. Munn and Lurk were victorious in their dou– bles matchup, cruising past Pruitt/Marcey Sykes by an 8-3 margin. With EC only having three girls play, North– east wo.n the other matches by default. The EC teams were defeated by Holmes Community College and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in recent contests as well. The Warriors and Lady Warr iors fell by identical 6-3 margins to Holmes on Thursday. In men's competition, Hanna and Calvert post– ed wins in singles and doubles competition. Hanna defeated Jared Lyons 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 and Calvert clipped Gann 6-1, 6-0 in singles. Hanna and Calvert also teamed to win their doubles match over Lyons/Brett Parker 8-3. In other men's singles results, French fell to Darrlyn Hale, 6-0, 6-0; Cochran fell to Hunter Boxx, 6-4, 6-0; Mayes fell to Custode, 6-1, 6-0; and Peoples fell to Grey Tedford 6-1, 6-2. Cochran and Peoples were edged 9-7 in their doubles match with Custode/Corey Dean McCumber, and French and Mays dropped an 8-.3 decision to Hale/Box. In women's singles, Munn defeated White 6-3, 6-0 and Tadlock blanked

Ciara Applewhite 6-0, 6-0. In other women's sin– gles, Lurk fell to Rebecca Shields 6-.3, 6-0. Munn and Lurk teamed to win their doubles match over White/Shields, 8-.3. In matches with Mississippi Gulf Coast held March 6 in Perkin– ston, thoWarriors fell7-2 and the Lady Warriors were defeated 8-1. In men's sing1es, Hanna defeated Grant Bell 7-6 (7- 5), 6-1 and Calvert clipped Gann 7-6 (7-5), 6-1. In other results, French lost to Alexander Puyol 6-2, 6-2; Cochran lost to Lachlan Puyol 6-2, 6-0; Mays lost to Travis Burdick 6-0, 6-2; and

Peoples fell to Cameron Wolf, 6-3, 6-0. The Warriors dropped all three doubles matches, as French and Mays fell to A PuyoVL. Puyol, 8-0; Cochran and Peoples lost to Burdick/Bell, 8-1; and Calvert and Hanna were edged by Wolf/Caleb Baughman, 8-6. In women's singles, Tadlock was the lone winner as she defeated Kaleigh Grantham 6-2, 6- 7 (10-8). In other results, Munn lost to Arielle Fisher 6-1, 6-0; and Lurk fell to Catherine Boss 6-1, 6-0. Munn and Lurk fell to Fisher/Boss 8-3 in the only doubles match.

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