KENNESAW, Ga. - The Jacksonville State men's tennis squad saw its five-match winning streak come to a halt on Friday with a tough 4-3 setback to Kennesaw State.  KSU topped the JSU women, 5-2 to complete the sweep.

The Gamecock men (8-10) had put together a string of five wins together, including a three Ohio Valley Conference wins during that stretch.  JSU, standing at 3-1 in OVC play, will host Tennessee Tech on Sunday at the Gadsden Tennis Center.  Match time is set for 10 a.m.

The Jax State women will host Southeast Missouri as well on Sunday in Gadsden, Ala.  JSU will be looking for its third consecutive OVC win after winning a pair of road league matches last weekend at Eastern Illinois.

In the men's match on Friday, the deciding factor came down to a pair of third set matches at No. 2 and 5.  Igor Santos lost for just the second time at No. 2 this season.  After dropping the first set to KSU's Alex Toliver,7-5, Santos rebounded to force a third and deciding set.  Toliver escaped with a 10-8 super tie breaker-third set win to even that team score at 3-all. 

The match came down to a third set at No 5 as JSU's Felipe Watanabe and Gokalp Ozdemir battled in the deciding match.  Watanabe claimed the first set, 7-5, but dropped the second set, 6-1.  With the super tie breaker knotted at 9-all, Ozdemir won consecutive points to claim the win.

JSU jumped out to a 1-0 lead after claiming the doubles point.  The top Jax State tandem of Axel Sundberg and Nenad Marcec ousted KSU's pairing of Michale Browder and Simon Janik, 8-3. Santos and Jordan Cowling dispatched the Owls' duo of Gianni Kubin and Alexander Pena, 8-2.

Nenad Marcec continued his winning ways at No. 3 with a dismantling of Janik in singles play.  Marcec, who was named the OVC's Male Athlete of the Week earlier in the week, extended his winning streak to 12 straight with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Janik. JSU grabbed the point at No. 6 after Felipe Wenzel topped Pena 7-6, 6-2.

In the women's tilt, the Gamecocks posted their pair of points at the bottom of the line up.  Freshman Danielle Kerindi turned back KSU's Kelsey Kennedy, 6-3, 6-0 at No. 5.  Alexsandra Cmiljic wn by default at No. 6. 

Freshman Zoe Bizinos, the current OVC Female Athlete of the Week, suffered a three-set defeat to Therese Lagerkvist.