JACKSON, Miss. - The Millsaps tennis teams opened their 2011 seasons today with the University of the South.

The women battled hard against the \#21 Tigers but came up empty-handed, 0-9. In doubles, Breanna David and Brelynn David stole one game from Stanford and Liles, falling 1-8. The second pair of Mimi Nguyen and Genevieve Harriswere blanked, 0-8, by Szyperski and Wilburn. The third doubles pair was a scratch forfeit to the Tigers as Lauren Williams did not play.

In singles, Breanna David and Genevieve Harris each stole two points in their matches and Mimi Nguyen found one in her's, but the Tigers were just too strong. Coach Pacelli had this to say about the women's performance, "playing against such strong competition right out of the gate is always tough, but we will have to move on to find sucess in our next match."

The men's doubles was hotly contested in all three matches. Malte Schick and Campbell Hughes lost 5-8 in the first pair to Hill and Joy. David Bastian and Robby Bastian won in the 16th point, 9-7, over Hopkins and Kuntz in the second. While Beau Hinton and Misa Pjevac fell 5-8 to Crawford and Holloway in the third.

Malte Schick got revenge in the first singles match, defeating Jay Hill 6-4, 6-4 for the Majors' second win of the day. Campbell Hughes took the second set of his match to 12 points, falling 2-6 and 5-7. The Bastian brothers almost forced third sets in their matches but came up just short. David was 1-6, 4-6, and Robby went 1-6, 5-7. Both Hinton and Pjevac lost 1-6, 1-6 in their matches.

The women return to action tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. as they host LSU-Shreveport. The men will play next Saturday, February 19, at 10:00 a.m. at Meridian Community College.