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Hughes and Bastian Brothers lead weekend sweep

SHERMAN, Texas - The Millsaps Men's Tennis Team (7-10, 3-1 SCAC), playing all SCAC rivals, took all three matches this weekend at Austin College.

The Majors started on Friday with a 5-4 victory against host Austin College. The men rolled with dominating doubles victories by the teams of Schick/Hughes and Bastian/Bastian and continued the excellent play with straight set wins by the Bastian brothers and Campbell Hughes.

The second match had the Majors battling Southwestern. Strong doubles play keyed the victory as Schick/Hughes and Robby/David Bastian both came away on top. The Majors also ran away with the match without dropping a set in the number 2 thru 6 positions in the convincing win.

Finally, Millsaps played the next day against Colorado College and completed an impressive sweep with a 6-3 victory. After taking a 2-1 lead in the doubles, the Majors got some of their most convincing singles performances of the season.

David Bastian started the action with a dominating 6-1, 6-2 decision over Colorado's Evan Jonker. Robby Bastian followed suit with a strong 6-1, 6-1 victory over Thomas Modern and team captain

Campbell Hughes clinched the Majors' third victory of the weekend with an impressive 6-2, 6-3 result over Lionel Zen Ruffing. David, Robby, and Campbell all went undefeated during the Majors' most successful weekend in recent memory. Malte Schick won the sixth point of the day by outlasting Colorado's Nate Burt 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5).

The Majors, winners of four in a row and six of their last seven, will look to continue their winning ways this weekend when they clash against Centre, Hendrix, and Rhodes College in Memphis.

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