HILTON HEAD, SC- The Millsaps Majors dropped their first match of their 2014 spring break trip, 5-4 to the Ithaca Bombers on Sunday.
The doubles matches were nip and tuck between the two squads. The Majors picked up a solid 8-4 win on court one with the team of Charles Rees and Emerson Brundick winning 8-4. Ithaca answered with a win on court three by the same score. On court two, Sean Solomonoff and Misa Pjevac were in a back-and-forth match. Neither squad could win by two in the eight point game, sending the match to a tie break. The Majors lost the tiebreak and went into the singles matches down 2-1.
The Majors won on the first three singles' courts on Sunday with Rees, Brundick and Solomonoff winning in straight sets. The Bombers won on courts 4-6 to win the match, Pjevac and Millsaps dropped tough first sets in the loss.
The Majors will be right back at it on Monday when they take on Dickinson with a first serve set for 1:30 eastern.
DOUBLES MATCHES
Charles Rees/Emerson Brundick (MC) d. Zach Passman/Wes Davis (IC) 8-4
Dave Andersen/Curtis Hays (IC) d. Sean Solomonoff/Misa Pjevac (MC) 9-8 (1)
Griffin Reid/Nate Wolf (IC) d. Taylor Thomas/Thomas Mills (MC) 8-4
SINGLES
Rees (MC) d. Reid (IC) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
Brundick (MC) d. Hayes (IC) 6-4, 6-0
Solomonoff (MC) d. Andersen (IC) 6-4, 6-0
Passman (IC) d. Pjevac (MC) 7-5, 6-1
Davis (IC) d. Mills (MC) 6-4, 6-1
Wolf (IC) d. Thomas (MC) 6-1, 6-1