JACKSON, Miss. — The Millsaps men's and women's tennis programs opened conference action by hosting Rhodes College on Saturday before welcoming in-state foe Rust College to the Coach Montgomery Courts over the weekend.

Millsaps was bested by Rhodes, 7-0 on Saturday, but both teams recovered against Rust College on Sunday. The men defeated Rust, 6-1, while the women battled to a 3-3 tie.
 

Men's Recap vs. Rhodes, 7-0, L

The Majors had a tough start to conference play this past Saturday against Rhodes, where they fell in all of the matches they played.

Most notably, Sam Tuli was almost able to score the Majors success, when he took set number one, and then lost the set-three tiebreaker, 10-7. Additionaly, Jon Nguyen was able to battle with a 7-5 decision in set two before dropping a 10-4 tiebreaker.

Men's Doubles Results
Bonovich / Miloi (RC) def. Nguyen / Tuli, 6-1
Mainella / Lloyd (RC) def. Anderson / Schiaffino, 6-2
Fridman / Fellrath (RC) def. Payne / Pierce, 6-1

Men's Singles Results
Oliver Bonovich (RC) def Anderson Causey, 6-2, 6-4
Christian Mainella (RC) def. Sam Tuli, 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-7)
Paul Fridman (RC) def. Jon Nguyen, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-4)
Owen Fellrath (RC) def. Bradley Schiaffino, 6-2, 6-2
Gopher Thornberry (RC) def. Sebastian Gonzalez, 6-0, 6-0
Conner Lloyd (RC) def. Brennan Pierce, 6-0, 6-0


Men's Recap vs. Rust College, 6-1, W

The Majors were able to finish their weekend on a really high note when they defeated Rust, 6-1.

The Majors were on the right side of a forfeit on Court 3 doulbe, and Nguyen with his Sam Tuli were able to sweep Court 1.

Then in singles, the Majors made it look easy and were able to take five out of six singles matches. Anderson Causey was perfect, winning his game 6-0, 6-0. Meanwhile on their way to victories, Sam Tuli only gave up two games while Nguyen and Bradley Schiaffino only gave up three.

Men's Doubles Results
Tuli / Nguyen def. Rodriguez / Agbo (RC), 6-0
Causey / Schiaffino def. Noudogbessi / Ali-Kparah (RC), 6-3
Payne / Pierce winner by forfeit

Men's Singles Results
Anderson Causey def. Zachary Auguste (RC), 6-0, 6-0
Sam Tuli def. Rico Noudogbessi (RC), 6-1, 6-1
Jon Nguyen def. Moubarak Ali-Kparah (RC), 6-1, 6-2
Bradley Schiaffino def. Sebastian Rodriguez (RC), 6-1, 6-2
Jean-Jacques Agbo (RC) def. Cooper Payne, 6-0, 6-1
Sebastian Gonzalez winner by forfeit


Women's Recap vs. Rhodes, 7-0, L

The Majors clashed with Rhodes on Saturday, where they unfortunately fell 7-0 in the match.

Most notably, Skylar Spinks was able to push her singles match in set one to the brink in a 7-5 loss.

Women's Doubles Results
Laakso / Higgins (RC) def. Oliver / McClain, 6-3
Rask / Ribeiro (RC) def. Smith / Spinks, 6-1
Taub / Rodriguez (RC) def. Graham / Trible, 6-3

Women's Singles Results
Gracie Rask (RC) def. Alexis Oliver 6-0, 6-0
Agra Laasko (RC) def. Riley McClain, 6-3, 6-3
Lily Higgins (RC) def. Malakie Smith, 6-4, 6-3
Sofia Rodriguez (RC) def. Skylar Spinks, 7-5, 6-1
Claudia Ribeiro (RC) def. Bella-Bennett Graham, 6-0, 6-0
Violet Taub (RC) def. Virginia Trible, 6-0, 6-3


Women's Recap vs. Rust College 3-3, T

The women's tennis team ended their weekend with an interesting matchup against Rust College where the teams tied, 3-3.

Things started with the Majors taking the doubles point, where the Majors won on Courts 1 and 2 (6-2), and got a forfeit on Court 3.

Then in singles, there was no Court 6, Virginia Trible got a forfeit on Court 5, and Bella-Bennett Graham won her match, 6-1, 6-1 on Court 4.

Women's Doubles Results
Oliver / McClain, def. Ndeke / Dohami (RC), 6-2
Smith / Spinks, def. Honfoga / Hopson (RC), 6-2
Graham / Trible winner by forfeit

Women's Singles Results
Emeline Honfoga (RC) def. Riley McClain 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-8)
Catherine K. Ndeke (RC) def. Malakie Smith, 6-0, 6-1
Halie Hopson (RC) def. Skylar Spinks, 6-0, 6-2
Graham def. Oudensi C. Dohami (RC), 6-1, 6-1
Virginia Trible, winner by forfeit


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