Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SENATOBIA - Northwest freshman Holden Cooke scored a huge singles win to help lift the Rangers to a 6-3 victory against 19th-ranked Meridian on Wednesday afternoon.

Cooke, the freshman from Cleveland, battled Meridian's Badlwim Escobar Cifuentes on No. 3 singles, earning a 6-4, 6-1 win. Northwest also scored singles wins on courts four through six, while picking up two doubles victories as well.

Meanwhile, the 21st-ranked Northwest Lady Rangers fell by a close 5-4 decision against a Meridian team also ranked 19th in women's competition. 

Sophomore Mattie Sanders battled to earn a three-set victory at No. 4 singles, and the Lady Rangers also picked up wins at No. 3 and No. 5 singles. However, Meridian managed to take two of the three doubles matches, with the lone exception being an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles for Macarena Arisio and Claudia Lopez Chaparro.

With the split, Northwest improved to 8-2 overall and 5-1 inside the MACCC. The Lady Rangers dropped to 7-3 on the season and 4-2 in conference play.

Northwest will have a rapid turnaround, traveling to East Central on Thursday, March 6. The Lady Warriors enter the match ranked 23rd, while the East Central men's team holds a No. 24 national ranking.


MARCH 5, 2024
WOMEN: #19 Meridian 5, #21 Northwest 4
MEN: Northwest 6, #19 Meridian 3
The ROC (Ranger Outdoor Complex) /// Senatobia, Miss.

Women's Doubles
1. Macarena Arisio/Caudia Lopez Chaparro (NWCC) def. Reine Akombo/Daisi Kukulijan (MCC), 8-2
2. Lilly Hollingsworth/Cheludo Monnayoo (MCC) def. Laura Cámara Blanco/Mattie Sanders (NWCC), 8-4
3. Cayden Alexander/Aleah McMullan (MCC) def. Meg Daves/Allie Rawles (NWCC), 9-7

Women's Singles
1. Cheludo Monnayoo (MCC) def. Macarena Arisio (NWCC) 6-1, 6-2
2. Reine Akombo (MCC) def. Claudia Lopez Chaparro (NWCC) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
3. Laura Cámara Blanco (NWCC) def. Daisi Kukulijan (MCC) 6-3, 6-2
4. Mattie Sanders (NWCC) def. Lilly Hollingsworth (MCC) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
5. Meg Daves (NWCC) def. Elizabeth Shirley (MCC) 6-1, 6-1
6. Aleah McMullan (MCC) def. Allie Rawles (NWCC) 6-2, 6-3

Men's Doubles
1. Daniel Espin/Simon Ojeda (MCC) def. Luca Morris/Joshua Tedford (NWCC), 8-4
2. Holden Cooke/Miguel Lazaga Robayna (NWCC) def. Badlwim Escobar Cifuentes/Mark Little (MCC), 8-1
3. Gabriel Koonce/Cole Stoddard (NWCC) def. Blakeny Allen/Jack Tutor (MCC), 8-2

Men's Singles
1. Simon Ojeda (MCC) def. Luca Morris (NWCC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Daniel Espin (MCC) def. Miguel Lazaga Robayna (NWCC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Holden Cooke (NWCC) def. Badlwim Escobar Cifuentes (MCC) 6-4, 6-1
4. Cole Stoddard (NWCC) def. Mark Little (MCC) 6-0, 6-0
5. Joshua Tedford (NWCC) def. Jack Tutor (MCC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Brady Holliman (NWCC) def. Blakeny Allen (MCC) 6-2, 6-1