CHARLESTON, S.C. – No. 60 College of Charleston won the doubles point and four singles matches to upend the Jacksonville State men's tennis team 5-2 at Tennis Center at Patriots Point on Tuesday.

The Gamecocks lost to their third nationally ranked opponent this season, falling to 5-8 overall. Charleston won its sixth straight match to improve to 8-2 overall.

The Cougars swept the three doubles matches to win the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead into singles.

Nenad Marcec and Chris Duke accounted for JSU's two points on the afternoon. Marcec defeated Tom Delme 6-3, 6-1 at No. 3 singles while Duke won 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 at No. 5 singles.

The Gamecocks take the remainder of spring break off before traveling to play Troy University on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Men's Tennis Match Results
Jacksonville State vs. College of Charleston
Mar 16, 2010 at Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
(The CofC Tennis Center at Patriots Point)

#60 College of Charleston 5, Jacksonville State 2

Singles competition
1. KONCILIA, Lukas (COFC) def. KENYON, Brian (JSU) 6-3, 6-2
2. TRINTIGNAC, Mickael (COFC) def. SUNBERG, Axel (JSU) 6-2, 6-2
3. MARCEC, Nenad (JSU) def. DELME, Tom (COFC) 6-3, 6-1
4. BOYER, Mickael (COFC) def. HOLZ, Gustavo (JSU) 6-3, 6-4
5. DUKE, Chris (JSU) def. PARKER, Kyle (COFC) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
6. HARDEN, John (COFC) def. SANTOS, Igor (JSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. KONCILIA, Lukas/DELME, Tom (COFC) def. SUNBERG, Axel/DUKE, Chris (JSU) 8-1
2. MYERS, Steven/KENNY, Billy (COFC) def. HOLZ, Gustavo/MARCEC, Nenad (JSU) 8-4
3. TRINTIGNAC, Mickael/BOYER, Mickael (COFC) def. KENYON, Brian/SANTOS, Igor (JSU) 8-3

Match Notes:
Jacksonville State 5-8, 1-1 OVC
College of Charleston 8-2, 3-0 SoCon; National ranking #60
T-3:32 A-116