East Central Community College’s tennis teams were defeated by Copiah-Lincoln Community College netters in matches played Monday, March 22 at Gaddis Park in Forest.

The Lady Warriors were outscored 7-2 and Warriors fell by a 5-4 margin.

Abby McMillan of Newton and Sami Elkins of Forest were the lone winners for the EC women, as they defeated Katie Beth Case 6-0, 6-2 and Mary Catherine McDaniel 6-1, 6-2, respectively, in singles competition.

In other results from women’s singles, Anna Alexander of Little Rock lost to Rosa Belara Young, 6-0, 6-0; Rachel Ramirez of Forest fell to Nicole Magee, 6-1, 6-3; Hannah Peoples was edged by Heather Huff, 6-4, 6-3; and Ashley Walker of Union lost to Meagan Neal, 6-7, 6-3, 10-6.

In women’s doubles, McMillan and Alexander fell to Young/Case, 8-0; Ramirez and Peoples lost to Magee/Huff, 8-4; and Elkins and Walker were defeated by McDaniel/Neal, 8-3.

In men’s singles, Warriors winning matches were Jason Hancock of Decatur, Dee Walker of Hickory and Matt Griffin of Union, who defeated Reed Rogers, 6-3, 6-3; Joey Skelton, 6-2, 6-4; and Colby Bass, 6-4, 6-1, respectively. 

Winning exhibition matches were Warriors Garret Moore of Union and Walt Stinson of Philadelphia, who beat Levi Weeks, 6-1, 6-4 and Jon McLeod, 6-2, 2-6, respectively.

In other results from men’s singles, Colton Amis of Decatur fell to Nico Osorio, 6-3, 6-0; Will Marston of Union lost to Guillermo Chaves, 6-0, 6-1; and Zac White of Union was clipped by Reilly Miller, 6-2, 6-2.       

In men’s doubles, Griffin and White teamed to defeat Bass/McLeod, 9-7. In other results, Amis and Walker fell to Chaves/Miller, 8-2; and Marston and Hancock lost to Osorio/Rogers, 8-5.

Dianne O’Neill and Kyle Watson serve as ECCC tennis coaches.

The ECCC netters face Pearl River Community College Tuesday, March 23 at Gaddis Park in Forest.