JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps men's and women's tennis programs had another strong weekend at the Coach Montgomery Courts posting three wins combined over Centre on Saturday and Sunday.  

The men won 5-4 and 6-3 in two epic battles, while the women won 7-2 on Saturday and were defeated 5-4 on Sunday. Day one matches counted in the conference standings while Sunday matches are classified as non-conference contests. Both squads will play next at Birmingham-Southern, March 27-28.

Records After the Weekend
Millsaps men (4-0, 2-0 SAA)
Centre men (1-3, 1-1 SAA)
Millsaps women (3-1, 2-0 SAA)
Centre women (3-1, 1-1 SAA)

Saturday Men's Recap: 5-4

Millsaps began the weekend with a 2-1 record after doubles. On Court 1, Trevor Vaccaro and Hamilton Jackson won for the second consecutive week, downing Centre's Bo Bush and Arpit Rana, 8-6. The duo made an impressive in the match after trailing 1-4. John Kimball and Benjamin Falk also improved to 2-0 as a pair on Court 2, with an 8-4 decision.

The Majors continued its momentum in singles with first set wins on four of six courts. Benjamin Falk gave Millsaps its third point after cruising in a 6-3, 6-0 victory. He won 10 straight games after trailing 3-2 in set one.

Sophomore Kells Hecht won with relative ease on Court 2, 6-3, 6-3 to inch the Majors closer to a clinching point.

Centre won on Courts 1, 4 and 6 to make the match at 4-4 draw, leaving all eyes on the action on Court 3 between Hamilton Jackson and Centre's Bo Bush.

Jackson won the first set, 6-4 and dropped 7-2 tiebreak in the second to set up a decisive third. He broke his opponent's serve at 4-4 in the last set, allowing him to serve out the match at 5-4. After three hours of match play, Jackson clinched the victory in an instant classic.  

Sunday Men's Recap: 6-3

On Sunday, the men's squad also finished doubles with a 2-1 lead. Vaccaro and Alex Gardiner claimed a 8-3 point on Court 1, while Hecht and Jakub Bobinski secured the second point on Court 2 by the same 8-3 score.

Vaccaro (6-0, 6-3) and Gardiner (6-2, 6-1) pushed the match total to 4-1 with wins on Courts 2 and 3, respectively.

Centre would pick up a victory on Court 1, but Henry Atkins (6-4, 1-6, 10-8) and Bobinski (6-4, 6-3) finished victorious on Courts 4 and 5 to give the Majors more than enough points for the team triumph.

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Saturday Women's Recap: 7-2
On the women's side, Millsaps opened the weekend with an efficient showing in doubles. The teams of Grace Gaskins/Camille Fremaux (8-4), Maggie Dabadie/Morris Kelly Clayton (8-3) and Ella Shileds/Marissa Brown (8-2) were all victorious.

The efficiency continued as the Majors picked up four wins in singles with the closest set being 6-3. On Court 1, Gaskins downed Centre's Katharine Sherman, 6-1, 6-1. Sherman finished last season ranked No. 43 in the nation.

Dabadie (6-3, 6-3), Fremaux (6-3, 6-3) and Shields (6-2, 6-3) rounded out the Majors point total.

Sunday Women's Recap: 4-5
The second women's match of the weekend went in favor of Centre. The Colonels claimed two points from doubles with the lone Millsaps win coming from Dabadie and Sarah Hayek (8-2) on Court 2.

Centre would then clinch the match with victories on Courts 2, 1 and 3, in that order to secure the team victory. Madison Williams (6-1, 6-3), Isabella Hutchins (1-6, 6-1, 10-8) and Amelia Christy (8-2) would earn victories on Courts 4 through 6 to improve their individual records.


Saturday Men's Doubles Results
Vaccaro/Jackson def. Bush/Rana (Centre), 8-6
Kimball/Falk def. Bulow/Whitt (Centre), 8-4
Atkins/Hecht def. Nelson/Ghamosar (Centre), 8-1

Saturday Men's Singles Results
Arpit Rana (Centre) def. John Kimball, 6-3, 7-6 (8)
Kells Hecht def. Faraz Ghamosar (Centre), 6-3, 6-3
Hamilton Jackson def. Bo Bush (Centre), 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4
Ashton Whitt (Centre) def. Trevor Vaccaro, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Benjamin Falk def. Matthew Bulow (Centre), 6-3, 6-0
Danny Nelson (Centre) def. Alex Gardiner, 6-1, 6-0

Sunday Men's Doubles Results
Vaccaro/Gardiner def. Maddux/Alsup (Centre), 8-3
Hecht/Bobinski def. Kaplan/Duncan (Centre), 8-3
Bulow/Ray (Centre) def. Clark/Doles, 8-4

Sunday Men's Singles Results
Kells Hecht def. Danny Nelson (Centre), 6-2, 1-6, 10-6
Trevor Vaccaro def. Tanner Ray (Centre), 6-0, 6-3
Alex Gardiner def. Ian Cowan (Centre), 6-2, 6-1
Henry Atkins def. Owen Alsup (Centre), 6-4, 1-6, 10-8
Jakub Bobinski def. Thomas Kaplan (Centre), 6-4, 6-3
Luke Duncan (Centre) def. Mark Clark, 6-2, 6-1

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Saturday Women's Doubles Results
Gaskins/Fremaux def. Doherty/Sherman (Centre), 8-4
Dabadie/Clayton def. Hill/Rueff (Centre), 8-3
Shields/Brown def. Lancaster/Stallings (Centre), 8-2

Saturday Women's Singles Results
Grace Gaskins def. Katharine Sherman (Centre), 6-1, 6-1
Maggie Dabadie def. Lainey Hill (Centre), 6-3, 6-3
Camille Fremaux def. Ella Rueff (Centre), 6-3, 6-3
Ella Shields def. Hannah Doherty (Centre), 6-2, 6-3
Caroline Stallings (Centre) def. Marissa Brown, 6-3, 6-4
Caroline Lancaster (Centre) def. Jillian Sandoz, 6-2, 6-4

Sunday Women's Doubles Results
Sherman/Rueff (Centre) def. Sandoz/Jenkins, 8-5
Dabadie/Hayek def. Headley/Jamison (Centre), 8-2
Doherty/Joiner (Centre) def. Landry/Williams, 8-3

Sunday Women's Singles Results
Lainey Hill (Centre) def. Marissa Brown, 7-6 (3), 6-3
Caroline Stallings (Centre) def Morgan Jenkins, 6-2, 6-1
Caroline Lancaster (Centre) def. Morris Kelly Clayton, 1-6, 6-2, 10-7
Madison Williams def. Grace Headley (Centre), 6-1, 6-3
Isabella Hutchins def. Abby Jamison (Centre), 1-6, 6-1, 10-8
Amelia Christy def. Elizabeth Joiner (Centre), 8-2


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