JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State men's tennis team (14-1, 3-0 OVC) won a 5-2 decision over Ohio Valley Conference rival Tennessee Tech (6-6, 2-1 OVC) to post its seventh straight win on Monday at the JSU Tennis Courts.

JSU won the doubles point to carry a 1-0 lead into singles. Bernardo Bachino and Gustavo Holz downed Josh Girling and Mario Gutierrez, 8-2, at No. 2 doubles and Steffen Solomon and Chris Duke won 8-2 over Justin Kirstein and Oscar Pachon at No. 3 doubles.

Eduardo Saratt cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Alex Chen at No. 2 singles to put JSU ahead 2-0 before Bachino won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 over Girling for a 3-2 JSU lead. Duke's 7-6, 6-3 win over Pachon at No. 5 sealed the win while Solomon tallied JSU's final singles victory with a 0-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Gutierrez at No. 6 singles.

The Gamecocks return to action against Tennessee State at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the JSU Tennis Courts.

Men's Tennis Match Results
3/30/2009 at Jacksonville, Ala.
(JSU Tennis Courts)

Jacksonville State 5, Tennessee Tech 2

Singles competition
1. #102 O'BRIEN, Dean (TTU) def. ROBERTSON, Scott (JSU) 6-4, 7-5
2. SARATT, Eduardo (JSU) def. CHEN, Alex (TTU) 6-1, 6-2
3. BACHINO, Bernardo (JSU) def. GIRLING, Josh (TTU) 6-4, 6-2
4. KIRSTEIN, Justin (TTU) def. HOLZ, Gustavo (JSU) 6-4, 6-2
5. DUKE, Chris (JSU) def. PACHON, Oscar (TTU) 7-6, 6-3
6. SOLOMON, Steffen (JSU) def. GUTIERREZ, Mario (TTU) 0-6, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. O'BRIEN, Dean/CHEN, Alex (TTU) def. #74 SARATT, Eduardo/ROBERTSON, Scott (JSU) 8-7 (7-3)
2. BACHINO, Bernardo/HOLZ, Gustavo (JSU) def. GIRLING, Josh/GUTIERREZ, Mario (TTU) 8-2
3. SOLOMON, Steffen/DUKE, Chris (JSU) def. KIRSTEIN, Justin/PACHON, Oscar (TTU) 8-2

Match Notes:
Tennessee Tech 6-6, 2-1 OVC
Jacksonville State 14-1, 3-0 OVC
T-3:38