Indians open NJCAA Region 23 Tennis Championship play

FULTON, Miss. – Itawamba Community College men's tennis entered the NJCAA Region 23 Tennis Championships, hosted by Jones College, as the No. 3 seed.

The No. 17 Indians will face No. 6 seeded Hinds in an opening round elimination match Thursday, weather pending. The Indians defeated Hinds, 6-3, during the regular season. The winner will advance to face the winner of No. 2 seeded Gulf Coast and No. 7 seed East Central on Friday. A win on Friday and the Indians will advance to the championship match while a loss will send them to the third-place match Saturday.

Tournament Seeding

1. No. 11 Jones
2. No. 13 Gulf Coast
3. No. 17 ICC
4. No. 19 Meridian
5. No. 21 Co-Lin
6. No. 22 Hinds
7. East Central
8. Northeast

The tournament format will mirror that of the MACCC regular season matches. The match will start with doubles play and will have a five-minute break before starting singles action after the conclusion of doubles play. Once five courts have been won by a team, the match will be completed. Doubles will be determined by an eight-game pro set with a seven-point tiebreak at 8-8. Singles will be determined by a best of two of three tiebreak sets match.

Doubles

No. 1 – Tasso Moreira and Joan Mateu Ramis Pascual
No. 2 – Knox Waterer and Jack Semper
No. 3 – Ben Orr and Cade Teeple

Singles

No. 1 – Moreiro
No. 2 – Ramis Pascual
No. 3 – Semper
No. 4 – Teeple
No. 5 – Waterer
No. 6 - Orr

Spectator parking will be located in the parking lot area behind the baseball and softball fields. There will be no charge for admission over the three-day event. All matches will be scored live through IonCourt.com. Click here for Jones' Tournament Central link.