Box Score

JACKSON – Facing cross-town rival Belhaven University on Wednesday afternoon, the Millsaps College men's tennis team won five of the six possible singles points to walk away with a 7-2 victory.

The Majors opened the match with two doubles points coming via 8-3 victories by \#Malte Schick\#/\#Alex Cummings\# and \#Adam Tilly\#/\#Geoff Joseph\# at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, respectively.

Ahead 2-1 heading into singles, Millsaps claimed the match victory with five singles points, four of which came in straight sets.

Schick and \#David Bastian\# gave the Majors a 4-1 lead with 6-2, 6-2 and 6-0, 6-2 wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively.

Cummings picked up a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 three-set victory at No. 3 singles and has now won six of his last seven singles and doubles matches.

At No. 4 singles, Tilly earned a 6-0, 6-3 win while Joseph also won in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

“This was a nice victory today as the guys played smart, solid tennis” head coach Jay Pacelli.

With the 7-2 victory, the Majors improved to 8-11 on the season with three matches coming this weekend in their regular season finale.