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Mississippi Valley State
Men's Tennis Cruise Past Mississippi Valley State
3/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
HATTIESBURG, Miss. â€" The Southern Miss men's tennis team dropped only one game in two matches on Saturday improving to 9-2 on the season.
The Golden Eagles defeated Mississippi Valley State 7-0 in the first match of the day. The doubles teams were switched for today's match paring Wen-Po Tseng and Daniel Merker at No. 1. The duo defeated John Sansing and Jordan Freeman 6-0 in their first match together.
Chris Wilkins played his first doubles match with Rakshit Rishi at No. 3 and defeated their Delta Devils opponents 6-0.
Entering Saturday's matches, Jorman Reyes lead Conference USA in singles play with his 8-0 record. Reyes defeated Darius Fortune on court five 6-0, 6-0. Chao-Yu Huang follows close behind Reyes and has recorded six-match win streak.
Doubles Results:
Merker/Tseng (USM) def. Sansing/Freeman (MVSU) 6-0
Huang/Reyes (USM) def. Harris/Turner (MVSU) 6-0
Rishi/Wilkins (USM) def. Johnson/Fortune (MVSU) 6-0
Singles Results:
Wen-Po Tseng (USM) def. Kyle Harris (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Daniel Merker (USM) def. John Sansing (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Teeradon Tortrakul (USM) def. Jordan Freeman (MVSU) 6-0, 6-1
Chao-Yu Huang (USM) def. Rodarius Turner (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Jorman Reyes (USM) def. Darius Fortune (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Chris Wilkins (USM) def. James Johnson (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
The second match of the day was determined in singles play and the Golden Eagles won 6-0.
All six of the singles matches were won in straight sets and not a single game was lost. With the second win of the day, Reyes improves to 9-0.
Wilkins stays perfect in his opening two weeks of competition for the Golden Eagles improving to 4-0 in singles and 1-0 in doubles play.
The Golden Eagles are set to host the C-USA showcase March 10-12. The showcase will include USM, UTSA, Rice and UAB. The Golden Eagles will host UTSA on Friday followed by Rice and finishing the weekend with UAB.
Singles Results:
Daniel Merker (USM) def. Jordan Freeman (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Teeradon Totrakul (USM) def. Kyle Harris (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Chao-Yu Huang (USM) def. John Sansing (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Jorman Reyes (USM) def. Rodarius Turner (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Rakshit Rishi (USM) def. James Johnson (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Chris Wilkins (USM) def. Darius Fortune (MVSU) 6-0, 6-0
