The Jones College tennis teams ended regular season play here Monday afternoon dropping a pair of matches to nationally ranked Wallace State-Hanceville (Alabama).
The No. 13 Wallace St. women edged Jones, 5-4, and the No. 9 Wallace St. men beat the Bobcats, 7-2.
Both Jones teams will now prepare to host their respective Region 23 Tournaments at the Bobcat Tennis Complex.
The women’s tournament is April 13-15 and the men’s event will be April 20-22.
The No. 1 seed Jones women (19-3) meet No. 8 seed Southwest at 8:30 a.m. on April 13 in the first round of regional play. The No. 1 seed Bobcat men (17-4) face No. 8 seed Copiah-Lincoln at 8:30 a.m. on April 20 in its opening tourney match.
No. 9 Wallace St. 5, No. 11 Jones 4
Jones lost two of the doubles’ points and could not rally.
Maggie Savell (Clinton Christian Academy) and Allie Johnson (Hernando) beat Lilly Brown and Alexandra Luders in No. 2 doubles, 8-3. In No. 1 doubles, Guadalupe Tocci (Argentina) and Daniela Tovar (Venezuela) lost 5-8 to Kim Coots and Erianna Irvin. Michaela Anderson (Tupelo) and Reagan Salter (Lewisburg) fell in a close 6-8 match to Martina Paillet and Natalia Vergara Campus in No. 3 doubles.
Tocci beat Coots in No. 1 singles, 6-0, 7-5. Tovar downed Luders in No. 2 singles, 7-5, 6-2, and Annalyn Housley (Nettleton) whipped Vergara Campus in No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-2. Savell lost a tight match to Paillet in No. 3 singles, 2-6, 6-4, 5-10. Irvin beat Johnson in No. 5 singles, 7-5, 6-2 and Anderson lost to Brown in No. 6 singles, 3-6, 1-6.
No. 9 Wallace St. 7, No. 14 Jones 2
The Bobcats won a point in No. 1 doubles when Tomi Nader (Argentina) and Wallace Brewer (Germantown) defeated Lennert Lemahieu and Hugo Blasco, 8-5. Charlie Brady (Australia) and Tanner Bevard (Sacred Heart) lost 1-8 to Sebastian Gamez and Massimo Caliendo in No. 2 doubles. Dawson Do (Northwest Rankin) and Jackson Peoples (Northwest Rankin) fell 0-8 to Hudson Harden and Alex Rainer in No. 3 doubles.
Peoples had the Bobcats’ only win in singles. He defeated Iyan Cresens in No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-3. Nader lost a close one to Gamez in No. 1 singles, 4-6, 7-6, 7-10. Brewer fell to Lemahieu in No. 2 singles, 2-6, 2-6, and Brady lost to Blasco in No. 3 singles, 4-6, 3-6. Bevard lost 4-6, 3-6 to Alexandre Jaulin in No. 4 singles and Do fell to Massimo Caliendo in No. 6 singles, 4-6, 2-6.
