MCC Tennis Sweeps Past Marion Military

From School Reports

Meridian Community College traveled to Marion Military Institute for a match on Monday and came away with great results.  MCC’s men knocked off the number 13 ranked team in the nation by a score of 6-3

In men’s double’s action, Jason Pimenta/Breno Goncalves hit pay dirt first with a win over Harry Foster/Andrew Wright 8-5. Walt Harrington/Sam Butler picked up a win at two doubles over Adam Blahney/Max Holloway - 9-7.  The duo was down 5-2 but fought back for the win.  Nathan Hollis/John Taylor Champion lost a close match at three doubles 8-6 against Xavier Bell/Blake McDonald.  Going into the singles matches, Meridian led 2-1.  Breno Goncalves hit pay dirt first in the singles with a big win over Harry Foster 6-3, 7-6(4). 

Jason Pimenta picked up the win over Adam Blahney 6-2, 6-2.  At three singles, Noah James fought hard but came up on the short end 7-6(5), 6-3.  Samuel Butler. A little flat after the comeback doubles match, could not get anything going at four singles; he lost to Xavier Bell 6-2, 6-4.  Walt Harrington clinched the win for the men at number six singles over Max Holloway in a tough three-setter.  After falling to Holloway the first set, Walt changed his strategy and took the win 3-6, 6-4, 10-5.  Will Irvin, who was on the court at the same time as Harrington took the first set from Ben Lee 6-4.  Lee won the second 6-4.  With pressure off as Harrington sealed the win, Irvin played a great tiebreak set to win 6-4, 4-6, 10-5.  The men are now 3-0 on the season. 

Meridian’s women picked up their second win of the season with a 7-2 win over Marion.  The women won all three doubles courts:  Paige Gibson/Shelby Zachry defeated Alex Kempf/Victoria Johnson 8-5; Jordyn Hull/Alden Hartley defeated Stella Fedela/Kaitlyn Lewis 8-4.  The three duo of Jami Daugherty/Taylor Miller won 8-0 over Brittany Everson/Jamekia Whitehead.  In single’s play, Meridian took wins on courts 3-6 with Kyra Holway at three, Jordyn Hull at four, Hayden Hill at five and Brittany Allen at six.  Meridian’s Paige Gibson lost to Stella Fedele 6-1, 6-0 on court 1.  At the two flight, Shelby Zachry fell to Alex Kempf  6-1, 7-6 (5). 

Both teams take a break this week; they will return to action February 16 against Faulkner State at 1:00 p.m.  On February 19, MCC plays host to Holmes CC at Northeast at 1:00 p.m. followed by a match on Saturday at East Central at 9:00 a.m.  Meridian’s women then host Central Alabama CC at 1:00 p.m. at Meridian.