No. 13 Mississippi Gulf Coast nearly pulled off big upset Tuesday in the Tyler Spring Invitational in Texas.
The Bulldogs were edged by No. 7 Collin County 5-4.
Gulf Coast’s Danique Vermue (Fr., ‘s-Heerenhoek, Netherlands/Scheldemond College) and Angela Moreno (So., Sevilla, Spain/IES V Centenario) won their No. 1 doubles match 8-4. Niyah Strickland (So., Pachuta/Quitman) and Kendall Burn (So., Wiggins/Stone) made it two doubles wins with an 8-6 victory at No. 2.
Vermue won a second point by winning at No. 2 singles. Dallas Tanner (Fr., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove) won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6.
Lauren Sullivan (Fr., Laurel/Laurel Christian) lost her No. 4 singles match 6-4, 6-2.
That wrapped up the women’s play at Tyler. They’ll return to MACCC action after spring break on March 26 when they head to Southwest Mississippi.
Results
Team: Collin County 5, Gulf Coast 4
Doubles
No. 1: Danique Vermue–Angela Moreno (GC) def. Ekaterina Orlova-Jinsal Yang, 8-4
No. 2: Niyah Strickland–Kendall Burn (GC) def. Gabriela Rodrigues-Alyssa Glasgow, 8-6
No. 3: Mikayla Plitt-Sophia Dalla (CC) def. Lauren Sullivan–Mikenzy Dubrow, 8-1
Singles
No. 1: Orlova (CC) def. Moreno, 6-0, 6-1
No. 2: Vermue (GC) def. Yang, 6-3, 6-2
No. 3: Plitt (CC) def. Burn, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4: Rodriguez (CC) def. Sullivan, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5: Dalla (CC) def. Niyah Strickland, 6-1, 6-0
No. 6: Dallas Tanner (GC) def. Glasgow, 6-2, 6-3
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