JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville State won five singles matches after taking the doubles point en route to a 6-1 win over Alabama State on Friday at the JSU Tennis Courts.

The Gamecocks won their second straight match to improve to 3-6 overall while the Hornets fell to 1-8 overall.

JSU swept the three doubles matches to win the doubles point. Nenad Marcec and Gustavo Holz won 8-3 over Denys Alyeksyeyeu and Lex Pierre at No 1. Felipe Watanabe and Thomas Bellman defeated Clifford Frazier and Lance Deleston 8-3 at No. 2 and Brian Ingram and Emil Loeken upended Josh Donaldson and Roddrick Ivory 8-4 at No. 3 doubles.

Holz won 6-4, 7-5 at No. 2 singles over Frazier and Marcec blanked Pierre 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3. Igor Santos beat Donaldson 6-1, 6-0 at No 4 and Justin Andrews won 6-1, 6-3 over Ivory at No. 5. Bellman captured a 6-0, 6-0 win over Deleston at No. 6.

Jacksonville State returns to the courts for an Ohio Valley Conference match against Austin Peay on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the JSU Tennis Courts.

Men's Tennis Match Results
Alabama State vs Jacksonville State
Mar 05, 2010 at Jacksonville, Ala.
(JSU Tennis Courts)

Jacksonville State 6, Alabama State 1

Singles competition
1. Denys Alyeksyeyeu (ASU) def. SUNBERG, Axel (JSU) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
2. HOLZ, Gustavo (JSU) def. Clifford Frazier (ASU) 6-4, 7-5
3. MARCEC, Nenad (JSU) def. Lex Pierre (ASU) 6-0, 6-0
4. SANTOS, Igor (JSU) def. Josh Donaldson (ASU) 6-1, 6-0
5. ANDREWS, Justin (JSU) def. Roddrick Ivory (ASU) 6-1, 6-3
6. BELLMAN, Thomas (JSU) def. Lance Deleston, Jr. (ASU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. MARCEC, Nenad/HOLZ, Gustavo (JSU) def. Denys Alyeksyeyeu/Lex Pierre (ASU) 8-3
2. WATANABE, Felipe/BELLMAN, Thomas (JSU) def. Clifford Frazier/Lance Deleston, Jr. (ASU) 8-3
3. INGRAM Brian/LOEKEN, Emil (JSU) def. Josh Donaldson/Roddrick Ivory (ASU) 8-4

Match Notes:
Alabama State 1-8; Jacksonville State 3-6