Men's Box Score

Women's Box Score

GADSDEN – The Jacksonville State men's and women's tennis teams dropped Ohio Valley Conference matches to Eastern Kentucky on Sunday at the Gadsden Tennis Center.  The JSU men fell 5-2 to the Colonels, while EKU blanked Jax State in the women's match, 7-0.

In the OVC opener for both men's squad's, JSU (3-9, 0-1 OVC) lost the doubles point, but battled back in singles play to claim its two points at No. 2 and 3 singles.  Junior Igor Santos returned to the win column at No. 2 after dropping his first match of the season at the spot on Saturday against UAB.  Santos dropped the first set 7-5 to EKU's Niklas Schroeder, but battled back to win in straight sets – 6-2, 6-1.  The Campo Grande, Brazil-native moved to 8-3 on the season in singles play.  At No. 3, Nenad Marcec recorded a quick 6-4, 6-1 win over Philip Janz.  Marcec also stands at 8-3 on the season in singles activity.

The Gamecocks have had a makeshift line up in the last few matches, but have battled the opposition at the lower half of the line up.  Joshua Bourke was moved to the No. 5 spot against EKU and put together a strong effort before falling to Joao Maio, 6-4, 7-5.  Freshman Felipe Wenzel took EKU's Carles Pons to three sets before falling in a tie-breaker in the final set.  After Pons took the first set, 6-3 – Wenzel bounced back to post a 6-4 win in the second to force the third and deciding set.  Pons out-dueled Wenzel, 7-6 (5).

EKU claimed wins at No. 1 and 4 over JSU's Axel Sundberg and Felipe Watanabe respectively.

In the women's match, EKU out-lasted Jax State in doubles and then cruised in singles play to notch an OVC win on the road.  In doubles, EKU's tandem of Amandine Faouzi and Saioa Oscoz turned back the Gamecock duo of Zoe Bizinos and Rafaela Wenzel, 8-4.  JSU's pairing of Raisa Guasti and Raphaela Lima fell to EKU's pairing of Melissa Gerritsen and Kristina Labeja, 8-6.

In singles, Faouzi edged Guasti 7-6 in the first set before claiming the point with a 6-0 win in the second set.  Lima dropped a straight sets match to Labeja, 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2.  Wenzel started strong after topping Oscoz 6-2 in the first set, but could not withstand a comeback from Oscoz as she fell in the next two sets, 6-1, 10-6.

EKU picked up three wins at the bottom three courts in the lineup to complete the sweep.

The JSU women will host in-state rival South Alabama on Wednesday, March 14 in Jacksonville.  Match time is set for 12:30 p.m.  Both squads return to OVC action on March 18 as they host Morehead State in Gadsden, Ala.  The JSU-MSU tilt will get underway at 10 a.m.