ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. – Playing in its final tournament of the fall season, the Millsaps College men's tennis team sent six players to the Central Alabama Invitational Oct. 9-11 and came away with 11 total victories including a trip to the Flight “1” Doubles final for the team of senior \#Alex Cummings\# and junior \#Campbell Hughes\#.

Cummings and Hughes defeated the team of Jeong/Cobb of the Marion Military Institute 8-6 and Byron/Espinar of Georgia Perimeter 8-3 before losing to Kante/Hemsley of Georgia Perimeter 8-2 in the finals.

Cummings pulled off a singles win in the most thrilling match of the tournament after falling behind 5-1 in the third and decisive set of a tight first-round match before rallying to win the set and the match 7-6.

Hughes had a strong showing for the Majors in the singles draw as he made the consolation finals with wins over independent Lampkin, Gadsten State's Miller, and freshman teammate \#Adam Tilly\# in the semifinals. Hughes decided to withdraw from the final match to rest for the doubles draw as he was nursing an injury.

Sophomore \#Beau Hinton\# earned a spot in the Flight “2” singles quarterfinals after winning a match against Childs of Gadsten State 6-2, 6-0 following a first-round bye.

The doubles pairing of Tilly and sophomore \#David Bastian\# won their first-round match against Little/Miller of Gadsten State 9-7 before falling in the second round.

Bastian also performed well in the singles draw earning a spot in the quarterfinals. After receiving a bye in the first round, Bastian continued his strong play this fall season with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Gottenbos of Georgia Perimeter.

“With just six participants, 11 victories is a pretty good accomplishment” head coach Jay Pacelli said. He went on to say that “despite some drizzle and wet conditions, including 2 delays, the team hung in there and had a quality effort. Alex and Campbell are demonstrating that they will be a top team in the SCAC this year and David is showing the same with his singles play. Adam has also shown great promise as a first-year player."

The men will be back in action next February when they begin the spring season.