MONTGOMERY – The Jacksonville State men's and women's tennis teams tested Auburn University at Montgery, but eventually fell to the nationally ranked Warhawks on Friday at the AUM Tennis Courts.

Playing by the NAIA point system, the JSU men were edged 5-4, while the Gamecock women dropped a 6-3 decision.  Coming in to the match, the AUM women's program was ranked No. 1 in the NAIA national poll, while the Warhawk men were ranked fourth in the country.

In the men's match, Jax State got off to a great start by winning a pair of doubles points.  At No. 1, the Red and White tandem of Nenad Marcec and Igor Santos topped Bence Toth and M. Jansen Van Vuuren of AUM, 8-6.  The JSU duo of Felipe Wenzel and Felipe Watanabe cruised past AUM's pairing of Matias Dasso and Josh Reason, 8-1.

In singles play, Marcec and Wenzel posted a pair of wins at No. 2 and 6.  Marcec turned back Bence Toth, ranked 20th individually, 7-6, 6-4.  With the win, Marcec moved to 4-3 on the season in singles action.  Wenzel claimed a three-set win after dropping the first set, 6-2.  The freshman rebounded to top Dasso, 6-3, 6-0 in the final two sets to secure the win at No. 6.

The JSU women picked up two of their three points in doubles play against the top-ranked Warhawks, who had the third-ranked double duo playing at the top spot.  The Gamecock team of Zoe Bizinos and Rafaela Wenzel notched a win at No.2 with a 9-8 victory over AUM's Kveta Hajkova and Tiffany William.  JSU's pairing of Danielle Kerindi and Kelly Tomlin won by default.  In singles, AUM's line up featured three of the top 15 players on the NAIA level and swept all singles matches played.  JSU registered a win as Tomlin won by default at No. 6.

JSU was scheduled to face in-state rival Troy on Saturday, but due to the pending rain that will canvas the area on Saturday, the match has been cancelled.  A make up date will be scheduled for a later date.