MCC Tennis remains undefeated

The Meridian Community College men’s and women’s tennis teams traveled to Fairhope, Alabama to play a dual match against Faulkner State Community College on Wednesday.

Meridian’s women, who are now 3-0 in the young season, defeated Faulkner State by a score of 9-0.

In ladies’ no. 1 doubles Alycia LeMerle and Ashton Hartley defeated Kari William and Britney Ellison 8-0.

At no. 2 doubles, former Meridian High School standout, Kelly Sterling and Katy Shoptaugh of Baton Rouge, LA defeated Rebecca Bell and Alllison Cameron 8-2.

At no. 3 doubles MCC’s sophomore duo, Jodi Webb and Molly Moon, defeated Jordan Wiggins and Dent 8-1.

In singles action Meridian swept all courts losing just 11 games the entire day.

LeMerle defeated Williams 6-0, 6-0.; Sterling defeated Cameron 6-1, 6-0; Ashton Hartley, former Clinton High School champion, defeated Rebecca Bell 6-0, 6-2; Shoptaugh defeated Miller 6-1, 6-0.

At no. 5 singles Jodi Webb defeated Wiggins 6-2, 6-2 and at no. six singles Kayla Daughtrey from Laurel, MS defeated Ellison 6-0, 6-2.

In men’s action Meridian had a somewhat tougher day but fought hard to come away with a 6-3 win.

In men’s no. 1 doubles Meridian’s sophomore duo of Nicolas Zabrodiec and Blake Sherman defeated Cannon Rivers and Michael Little 8-4; freshmen Dawson Dyess and Elliott Clark, both local products, defeated Wesley Lambrem and Konri Allen 8-2.

At no. 3 doubles Meridian’s Wilson Bounds and Justin Newman lost to Madison Bond and Daniels 8-5.

In men’s singles, at no. 1 MCC’s Zabrodiec defeated Rivers 6-4, 3-6, 10-2; at no. 2 MCC’s Sherman rolled to an easy first set 6-1 but had to fight off Little in a set tie-break to win after leading the second set 5-1.

At no. 3 singles, a heated match between Lambrem and MCC’s Dawson Dyess was the fan focus for the day as Lambrem was a “McEnroe” on the court. Dyess lost the match 7-5, 6-0. At no. 4 singles Clark defeated Peniete 6-3, 7-5; at no. 5 singles Newman secured the team win by defeating Allen 7-5, 1-6, 10-4 minutes before Blake Sherman pulled off the set tiebreak to sweeten the victory.

The MCC men are now 3-0.


Other notes…

Eagle baseball- After having their Tuesday game cancelled with Shelton State, the MCC Eagles (5-7) will head to Delgado for a showdown with the Dolphins on Saturday. First pitch is slated for 1:00 p.m.

Lady Eagle softball- Coach Robert Eakins and his team prepare to host Pensacola JC at Tommy McDonald Field this afternoon. First pitch is schedule for 3:00 p.m.

Eagle golf- Coach Sean Covich and his MCC golf team will look to bounce back after a second place finish last week at Hinds with a trip to ECCC’s Spring Invitational in Forest. First round gets underway Sunday morning with the final round concluding on Monday afternoon.