BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Millsaps College men's tennis team played four matches over the weekend at Birmingham-Southern College and twice was victorious with wins over Southwestern University and Centre College.
Opening the weekend against the Pirates of Southwestern on Friday, the Majors jumped out front 2-1 in doubles play.
The No. 1 team of \#Malte Schick\#/\#Alex Cummings\# easily won 8-1 and the No. 3 team of \#Beau Hinton\#/\#David Bastian\# cruised to an 8-4 win.
Millsaps claimed four of the possible six singles points with Cummings' win at No. 3 and \#Geoff Joseph\#'s win at No. 6 coming in three-sets en route to the 6-3 victory.
Saturday morning against Oglethorpe University, the Majors struggled in singles play falling 5-2 in a match played to decision due to the length of the event.
After the No. 1 doubles duo of Schick/Cummings won in a tiebreak, the No. 2 team of Joseph/\#Adam Tilly\# had an impressive 8-6 victory to give the Majors a 2-1 lead going into singles where they lost all four matches completed.
Millsaps bounced back later facing Centre College by winning four of the five completed singles matches on its way to a 5-3 victory.
Falling behind 2-1 in doubles with the No. 3 team of Bastian/Hinton recording an 8-4 win for the first point, the Majors took care of business in singles winning four matches in straight sets for the 5-3 win.
In the final match of the weekend, Millsaps faced host Birmingham-Southern College on Sunday morning and played close matches up and down the lineup but could not come up with the points necessary to win.
Schick and Cummings again paired for an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles for their third win in four matches on the weekend to give the Majors their only doubles point.
Cummings picked up a straight set win in singles but the rest of the singles players lost with Hinton and Joseph falling in three sets at the No. 5 and 6 positions, respectively.
“The scores were not indicative of how close the singles matches were, especially at the five and six spots” head coach Jay Pacelli said.
Millsaps, now 7-11 overall and 4-3 in the SCAC, will look to rebound when it plays host to rival Belhaven University on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
