JACKSON, Miss. - On March 3rd the Millsaps men's tennis team took on rival Mississippi College.
Starting around 4 in the afternoon, the number one doubles team of Campbell Hughes and Malte Schick defeated Cory Seay and Jacob Womack. Womack's long service game decided the match. Schick, who returned well, forced a break point, which Hughes used to win the match, 8-6.
David Bastian and Russell Anderson paired up for the second doubles. Bastian's normal doubles partner, his brother Robert, was unable to play due to injury. The new duo started slow and went down 1-4. MC's Christian Branning Cameron Seay starting for MC played consistent. After a long service game that Bastian/Anderson won the game started to pick up. Branning, however served well and held his service game. Anderson got broken twice and MC used its first match point to win the Match 2-8.
Beau Hinton and Misa Pjevac had a relatively slow start in the third doubles. Pjevac missed two chances to break early in the match, got broken at 1-3. Hinton used his left hand advantage well, but unfortunately missed 2 decisive volleys and MC went up 1-6. The final result was 1-8.
Sophomore Malte Schick seated at \#1 singles for the Majors played Cameron Seay. In a long first set Schick got broken at 3-4 and couldn't recover from that. Cameron Seay won the first set 6-3. The second set was similar to the first. Cameron Seay was serving at 4-4, a long decisive game that, where Seay aced to win the game and set the final, 3-6, 4-6.
David Bastian, playing at \#2 also had a close match. Playing solid in the beginning Bastian was up 3-2. His opponent Cory Seay started to improve his game more and more and Bastion lost his service game switching sides 3-4. MC's \#2 used his forehand well and won the first 6-3. At 4-4 Seay held his game and used his first match point to win the match, after switching sides. The final score for the second singles match ended 3-6, 4-6.
Campbell Hughes played Jacob Womack the closest match of the day but lost 6-7, 4-6. Playing strong and focused, Hughes forced Womack into a 1st tie-breaker. At 4-5 Hughes lost one serve, which decided the first set. Hughes started the second set energetic and broke his opponent early. At 4-3 Womack broke back and went up 5-4. In a close last game, Womack took control and took the match.
Beau Hinton was overwhelmed by his opponent in the fourth pair. He got broken three times in the first set and twice in the second. His opponent, Matt Whiteside played concentrated and won the match 0-6, 1-6.
Russell Anderson won his singles match. Playing in the five spot, he took control of the first set 6-1. His opponent challenged more in the second set. After a long 10th game Anderson broke Christian Branning and held to win the match, 6-1, 7-5.
Freshman Misa Pjevac had to face a well-playing opponent. Down 1-4 in the first set, Pjevac had to change his strategy. Being more consistent, and less aggressive, he played better in the second set. However it was at 4-5 when Pjevac missed his chance to equalize the score. His opponent returned two well-placed matchpoints. Pjevac defeated the first with a nice serve, but lost the second, 1-6, 4-6.
The Majors will travel to Tyler, Texas to take on Texas-Tyler for a Friday match.
