NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Jacksonville State captured a 6-1 Ohio Valley Conference win over Tennessee State on Saturday afternoon at the Tiger Tennis Courts.
JSU won two doubles matches and received a default at No. 3 to earn the doubles point.
Chris Duke and Axel Sunberg beat Lawrence Washington and Justin Hamm 8-5 at No. 1 doubles and
Gustavo Holz and
Nenad Marcec downed Aaron and Austin Fields at No. 2.
The Gamecocks won four singles matches and got another default at No. 6 singles for points. Sunberg won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 over Hamm and Marcec beat Aaron Fields, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3. Christ Duke won 6-0, 6-1 over Austin Fields at No. 4 and
Igor Santos led 2-0 before Micah Poole retired at No. 5.
Jacksonville State hits to road to play Murray State on Thursday at 10 a.m. in Murray, Ky.
Men's Tennis Match Results
Jacksonville State vs Tennessee State-Men
3/27/2010 at Nashville, TN
(Tiger Courts)
Jacksonville State 6, Tennessee State-Men 1
Singles competition
1. WASHINGTON, Lawrence (TSUM) def. KENYON, Brian (JSU) 6-2, 6-4
2. SUNBERG, Axel (JSU) def. HAMM, Justin (TSUM) 6-0, 6-0
3. MARCEC, Nenad (JSU) def. FIELDS, Aaron (TSUM) 6-0, 6-0
4. DUKE, Chris (JSU) def. FIELDS, Austin (TSUM) 6-0, 6-1
5. SANTOS, Igor (JSU) def. POOLE,Micah (TSUM) 2-0, retired
6. HOLZ, Gustavo (JSU) def. No player (TSUM), by default
Doubles competition
1. DUKE, Chris/SUNBERG, Axel (JSU) def. WASHINGTON, Lawrence/HAMM, Justin (TSUM) 8-5
2. HOLZ, Gustavo/MARCEC, Nenad (JSU) def. FIELDS, Aaron/FIELDS, Austin (TSUM) 8-3
3. SANTOS, Igor/KENYON, Brian (JSU) def. No player/POOLE,Micah (TSUM), by default
Match Notes:
Jacksonville State 6-9, 2-1 OVC
Tennessee State-Men 0-3, 0-3 OVC
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