Indians down Holmes, 6-3

The Indians bounced back from their first loss of the season with a 6-3 victory over the Holmes Community College Bulldogs on Saturday.

February 27, 2016

Indians down Holmes, 6-3
Adam Gore/LetsGoICC.com

FULTON, MS - The Indians bounced back from their first loss of the season with a 6-3 victory over the Holmes Community College Bulldogs on Saturday.

ICC (2-1) opened the day by winning two of the three doubles matches with victories in No. 1 and No. 3 play.

The No. 1 duo of Mark Robbins (New Albany) and Brian McDonnieal (Corinth) defeated Owen Taylor and Emmanuel Brooks 8-2 before Lane Brandon (Houston) and Cameron Shumpert (Fulton) battled to an 8-6 win over Fred Johnson and Matthew Dubourg in No. 3 play.

Dexter Clay (Shannon) and Jacob Bozeman (Brookhaven) dropped an 8-6 decision to Corey Warren and Matthew Philley in No. 2 doubles action.

McDonnieal got things going in the right direction with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Brooks in No. 2 singles play before Bozeman defeated Warren 6-1, 6-4 in No. 3 play and Brandon knocked off Dubourg 7-5, 6-4 to help secure the victory for the Indians.

Shumpert battled to earn another point for the Indians with a 13-11 tibreaker after winning the opening the set 6-4 and dropping the second set 3-6 in No. 6 singles play over Johnson.

In No. 1 singles play, Robbins dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Taylor.

Clay's rally in No. 4 action came up short against Philley. Holmes took the opening set 6-3 but Clay bounced back to force an extra set with a 6-3 victory in the second set before falling 10-8 in the tiebreaker.

The Indians will return to the court with back-to-back matches on Friday, March 4 at Hinds Community College and Saturday March 5 at Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

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ICC 6, Holmes 3
Singles

No. 1 Owens Taylor (HCC) def. Mark Robbins (ICC) 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 Brian McDonnieal (ICC) def. Emmanuel Brooks (HCC) 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 Jacob Bozeman (ICC) def. Corey Warren (HCC) 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 Matthew Philley (HCC) def. Dexter Clay (ICC) 3-6, 6-3 (6-8)
No. 5 Lane Brandon (ICC) def. Matthew Dubourg (HCC) 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 Cameron Shumpert (ICC) def. Fred Johnson (HCC) 6-4, 3-6 (13-11)

Doubles
No. 1 Robbins / McDonnieal (ICC) def. Taylor / Brooks (HCC) 8-2
No. 2 Warren / Philley (HCC) def. Clay / Bozeman (ICC) 8-6
No. 3 Brandon / Shumpert (ICC) def. Johnson / Dubourg (HCC) 8-6