Cowboys End Season With Loss To Mississippi College

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ABILENE, Texas — Hardin-Simmons’ men’s tennis team ended its season with a 5-0 loss to Mississippi College in the American Southwest Conference Championship on Friday morning at McMurry.

The Cowboys dropped all three doubles matches and fell behind early in singles, losing the first set in five of the six singles matches. Only Cullen Dees, won a first set for the Cowboys.

Mississippi College won at No. 6 singles and then finished the match with a win at No. 2 singles. In tournament play the match is finished when a team reaches five wins.

Hardin-Simmons finished the season with a record of 6-11.

Senior Stephen Salazar finished his career for the Cowboys. He was the only senior on the team.


Mississippi College 5, Hardin-Simmons 0
Singles
Chas Dunn (MC) led Andy Cairens, 7-5, 3-0
Patrick Stanton (MC) def. Emmanuel Navejas, 6-0, 6-2
Taylor Clemmer (MC) led James Aylesworth, 6-0, 4-1
Cory Seay (MC) led Trey Chavez, 6-4, 3-0
Cullen Dees (HSU) led Jerrod Rayborn, 6-2, 2-6, 1-0
Walter Freeman (MC) def. Sean Strehlow, 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
Dunn/Stanton (MC) def. Cariens/Dees, 8-5
Seay/Rayborn (MC) def. Stephen Salazar/Strehlow, 8-5
Freeman/Clemmer (MC) def. Chavez/Todd Henington, 9-7


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