Wolfpack netters pick up 5-4 win over Hinds

RAYMOND – The No. 19 Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wolfpack picked up a 5-4 win over the Hinds Community College Eagles in tennis action on Tuesday. The Wolfpack got off to a slow start winning one of three doubles matches. They picked up the pace in singles action taking four of singles matches.

"We showed a sharper focus as they beat us soundly the first time we played them," said tennis coach Brenda Smith. "Our No.1 doubles still came up short, but Osorio won five straight points in the third set tiebreaker to win his singles match and essentially the match. The other key match was our No. 3 doubles winning. The last time we played them, they swept all three doubles courts."

In doubles action, the lone win for the Wolfpack was the team of Case and Wyatt who beat Rexrode and Livingston 8-3.

In singles action, No. 1 Sebastian Osorio outlasted Carlos Trujillo 3-6, 6-1, 11-9.

The Wolfpack host Itawamba on Friday with matches beginning at 2 p.m.

Doubles:

No. 1        Trujillo-Garcia (Hinds) def. Osorio- Pinilla (CL) 8-6

No. 2        Holmes-Holmes-Griffin (Hinds) def. Harrell-Ishee (CL) 8-4

No. 3        Case-Wyatt (CL) def. Rexrode-Livingston 8-3

Singles:

No. 1        Sebastian Osorio (CL) def. Carlos Trujillo (Hinds) 3-6, 6-1,11-9

No. 2        Juan Pablo Pinilla (CL) def. Maleo Garcia (Hinds) 6-0, 6-3

No. 3        Eric Holmes (Hinds) def. Braden Ishee (CL) 6-2, 6-1

No. 4        Tripp Case (CL) def. Drew Rexrode (Hinds) 6-0, 6-0

No. 5        Bryce Livingston (Hinds) def. Sebastian Harrell (CL) 6-2, 6-1

No. 6        Tripp Wyatt (CL) def. Jamal Holmes-Griffin (Hinds) 7-6 (7-3), 6-0