JACKSON – The Millsaps College tennis team closed out the 2010 regular season with a 2-1 record over the weekend at home recording 9-0 sweeps over Louisiana College and Rust College, while falling 6-3 to Meridian Community College.

Facing the Wildcats from Louisiana College Friday afternoon, the Majors dominated from start to finish claiming all three doubles points by scores of 8-1.

In singles, Millsaps closed the match winning all six points to earn the sweep with all matches finished in straight sets.

The closest match came at No. 4 singles where \#Adam Tilly\# defeated Cliff Magee 7-5, 7-5.

Next up for the Majors was a match against Meridian Community College, originally slated for the first week of the season.

The Eagles jumped out to an early 2-1 lead after doubles as Millsaps could only muster one point coming from the No. 2 spot with Tilly/\#Geoff Joseph\# winning 8-3.

\#Malte Schick\# and \#David Bastian\# won the top two singles spots in straight sets to give the Majors a 3-2 lead in the match, but MCC proved too strong claiming the final four points for a 6-3 victory.

Tilly and Joseph each pushed their respective singles matches to three sets before falling.

“This was a close loss but a good tune-up for conference playing the No. 12 ranked junior college team in the nation” head coach Jay Pacelli said.

Closing out the 2010 regular season with Rust College Saturday morning, Millsaps made things look easy in sweeping the Bearcats 9-0.

The Majors cruised through the match without dropping a set and claimed their third victory in their last four matches to finish 10-12 overall.

Next Thursday, Millsaps will travel to North Little Rock, Ark., to begin preparation for the 2010 SCAC Championships held at Burns Park, April 23-25.