Box Score
JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State men's tennis team made quick work of in-state foe Alabama State, 7-0, on Tuesday at the JSU Tennis Complex.
The Gamecocks extinguished the Hornets of ASU in a two-hour match. JSU moved to 3-7 on the season, while ASU fell to 2-7 overall.
JSU claimed the doubles point by winning at No. 1 and 2 doubles. The tandem of
Axel Sundberg and
Nenad Marcec ousted ASU's pairing of Bobby Brand and Alexis Pierre, 8-2 to clinch the point. Sundberg and Marcec moved to 5-4 on the season as a pair and have won their last two doubles matches. The Jax State duo of
Jordan Cowling and
Igor Santos moved to 4-4 on the season with an 8-1 win over ASU's team of Jonathan Freeman and Kenneth Haley. The Hornets' pairing of Rodderick Ivory and Stefan Vojnic edged JSU's
Felipe Watanabe and
Felipe Wenzel, 8-6.
The Gamecocks cruised through singles action by winning in straight sets at all six courts. Highlighting singles play was Santos at No. 2 as the junior from Campo Grande, Brazil moved to 7-0 on the season at that spot with a blanking of ASU's Pierre, 6-0, 6-0. Santos has turned in three consecutive singles wins since a loss at Auburn Montgomery.
Cowling posted a 6-0, 6-1 win over Ivory at No. 4, while Watanabe rebounded from a doubles setback to claim a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Freeman at No. 5. Sophomore
Tim Roenning sealed the match with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 6 over Haley. The match was Roenning's first of the season.
Sundberg and Marcec closed out the sweep with wins at No. 1 and 3 respectively. Sundberg erased Brand – 6-3, 6-3 to notch his third win of the season at the top spot. Marcec completed the match after turning in a 6-2, 6-2 victory over ASU's Vojnic. The Belgrade, Serbia-junior tallied his fifth-straight win at No. 3 and moved to 7-3 on the season.
JSU returns to action on Saturday, March 10 against the Blazers of UAB in Birmingham, Ala. Match time is set for 9 a.m. The Gamecocks will open Ohio Valley Conference play on Sunday, March 11 versus Eastern Kentucky. The match will be played at the Gadsden Tennis Complex at 10 a.m.
