Jackson, MS – The Millsaps tennis teams recently completed their Fall ITA Tournament earlier this month.

The 2015 ITA Tournament featured over 100 competitors from men's and women's tennis.  Held in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the ITA Tournaments began the first competition of the new season for Millsaps Tennis.  With a great deal of tough competition spanning from across the region, the Majors performed well to begin the new year.

In the men's main draw singles results; the Majors had five players compete for the tournament.  Sophomore Diego Marti-Vertiz played well in the first round by taking the number five seed from Methodist College to the brink in a tiebreak.  Diego Marti-Vertiz played a close first set and had set points in the early match.  Although Diego Marti-Vertiz eventually fell to the five seed, it was great experience for one of the best returning Majors on the team.

Senior Emerson Brundick earned a victory for the Majors by winning his first match of the day 6-1, 6-1.  Sophomores Avinash Ananth and Alejandro Centurion also won both of their consolation matches in the first round as well.

The Majors also competed well in doubles play.  Alejandro Centurion and Diego Marti-Vertiz won their first match 8-0 before falling to the eventual doubles tournament champion.  Emerson Brundick and Davis Plummer set a new milestone for the Majors by making it to the ITA quarterfinals as well.  Their appearance in the doubles quarterfinals marks the first time in five years that the Majors have accomplished such a feat.  Brundick and Plummer also fell to the eventual doubles champions from Sewanee.

The Women's ITA Tournament, which was shortened due to inclement weather, featured 64 competitors in the first round main draw.  Sophomore Ashley Ford won her first match of the main draw 6-3, 6-1.  In the Atlantic Singles Draw, sophomore Rachel Beck won her first round matchup 8-3.

Overall, the ITA Tournament was a successful, solid weekend of play for the Majors.  They will look to use the positive momentum from the ITAs as they move forward in preparation of spring play.

Spring play for the Majors will begin in mid February of 2016.  First up for Millsaps is a matchup between local rival Belhaven.  The Millsaps women's tennis team will face the Blazers February 16th while the men's tennis team will face Belhaven February 17th – both matchups will begin at 3:00 pm.