• Match Stats

JACKSON -- Playing their final match of the 2009 regular season on Friday afternoon at Coach Montgomery Courts, the Millsaps men's tennis team fell in a tight, 5-4 contest to NJCAA powerhouse and 12th-ranked Meridian CC.

Millsaps led 2-1 after doubles with wins at No's 1 and 2, but lost the opening three matches in singles to fall behind 4-2.  

\#Alex Cummings\# brought the Majors to within 4-3 as he continued his dominance down the stretch, defeating Jeremy Purdum 6-4, 6-2, to move to 7-2 over his last nine matches.  \#Geoff Joseph\# also played an excellent 10-point tiebreaker in a three-set thriller but it wasn't enough as Millsaps fell 5-4.

\#David Bastian\#/\#Russell Anderson\# also won at No. 2 doubles in a tie-breaker, 9-8 (7-4).

The Majors close the regular season at 6-13 overall and will be the No. 6 seed in the upcoming SCAC Tournament in North Little Rock, Ark.  They will open the weekend on Friday, April 25 against 11th-seeded Colorado College at 8 a.m. CST.