No. 19 Indians take down No. 22 Northwest to advance to region semifinals

No. 19 Indians take down No. 22 Northwest to advance to region semifinals

Ellisville, Miss. - No. 19 Itawamba Community College men's tennis picked ups 5-1 win over No. 22 Northwest Mississippi Community College in the NJCAA Region 23 Championships quarterfinals Thursday.

The Indians won two of the three doubles matches to take a 2-1 lead and then went on to win No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 singles matches to pick up the win.

Friday, the Indians will face tournament host and No. 1 seed Jones College at 8 a.m.

Singles:
No. 1 - Joao Pedro Mendes vs. Chris Albert - INC
No. 2 - Tasso Moreira (ICC) def. Ian Gordon - 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 - Russell Moorman (ICC) def. Kaleb Parish - 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 - Cade Teeple (ICC) def. Bratton Willoughby - 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 - Houston Walker vs John Davis Nelson - INC
No. 6  - Sam Morgan vs William Morgan - INC

Doubles:
No. 1 - Mendes/Moreria (ICC) def. Gordon/Albert - 8-0
No. 2 - Teeple/Moorman (ICC) def. Willoughby/Turner - 8-2
No. 3 - Nelson/Parish (NW) def. Morgan/Walker - 9-8

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