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Majors Sweep Competition in Memphis
Millsaps downs Hendrix, regionally ranked Oglethorpe


April 16, 2007

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- In a rain-shortened weekend at the annual Rhodes College Invitational, the Millsaps Majors only played two of their five regularly scheduled matches, downing Hendrix by a 5-1 margin and defeating regionally ranked Oglethorpe by a 5-2 score to run their season record to 10-6.

Against the Hendrix College Warriors to open the weekend, Millsaps jumped out to a 3-0 lead in doubles before Wes Hill defeated Craig Thomas, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 5 singles to bring the Majors to match point.

From there, Hendrix's Adam Brown knocked off freshman Alex Cummings at No. 1 singles by a 6-0, 6-1, score to keep the Warriors' hopes alive.

That hope quickly dwindled when Russell Turley, one of two Millsaps seniors, put the match away with a convincing 6-4, 6-2, win over Will Matthews at No. 2 singles.

Against Oglethorpe, ranked No. 14 in the Atlantic South regional polls, the Majors took two of the three doubles points to jump out to a 2-1 lead, winning at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.

Millsaps stretched its lead to 3-1 when Emory University transfer Murphey Parker downed John Esterline at No. 3 singles by a score of 6-3, 6-2, before Cummings was defeated by Eckhard Van der Linde, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 1 singles to cut the gap to 3-2.

Turley [pictured] won for the third time in as many tries against previous No. 24 Drew Malone to bump the lead to match point, downing Malone in straight-sets, 6-1, 6-3.

Sophomore Tim Shoptaugh of Baton Rouge, La., closed out the match for the Majors, dropping Gabe Henderson, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 4 singles for the 5-2 upset win.

Millsaps will be back in action on Tuesday, April 24, facing off with cross-town rival Mississippi College in a rescheduled match from a previous rainout at 2 p.m. at Parham Bridges Tennis Center in Jackson.

They will then begin preparations for the SCAC Tournament held April 27-29 in Waco, Texas, where the Majors are likely to be a No. 4 or No. 5 seed.



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