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JSU Women Claim Third OVC Win In A Row; Gamecock Men Fall To Tenneessee Tech

<a href="/custompages/Stats/Men's Tennis/2012/jsum0401.htm">Men's Final Stats</a><br /> <strong><a href="/custompages/Stats/Women's Tennis/2012/jsuw0401.htm"><br /> Women's Final Stats</a></strong><br /> <br /> GADSDEN, Ala. - The Jacksonville State women's tennis team won its third Ohio Valley Conference match in a row with a 4-3 decision over Southeast Missouri on Sunday at the Gadsden Tennis Complex.<br /> <br /> The JSU men dropped a 5-2 OVC affair to Tennessee Tech.<br /> <br /> After dropping its first three league matches, the Gamecock women have rallied off 4-3 wins over Eastern Illinois, SIU Edwardsville and SEMO.&nbsp; Sunday's win positioned Jax State for a spot in the OVC Tournament later in April with three conference matches left.<br /> <br /> On the men's side, the Golden Eagles of TTU remained perfect in league play, while the Red and White fell to 3-2 in the OVC.<br /> <br /> Sophomore Raisa Guasti's straight sets, 6-3, 6-4 win over SEMO's Nikole Novikova clinched the match for JSU.&nbsp; Jax State took the early lead in the match with the doubles point.&nbsp; Guasti and Raphaela Lima blanked SEMO's duo of Novikova and Melissa Martin, 8-0.&nbsp; Aleksandra Cmilijic and Kelly Tomlin teamed up to edge Elizabeth Nyenwe and Lauren Schaper, 9-7.<br /> <br /> Cmilijic made quick work of her singles oppoenent, Laura Garcia, 6-1, 6-1.&nbsp; Cmilijic moved to 3-1 against OVC foes.&nbsp; Lima posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory over SEMO's Martin.<br /> <br /> In the men's match, TTU gained the edge after posting the doubles point.&nbsp; After the two teams split at No. 2 and 3 doubles, the point came down to No. 1 doubles.&nbsp; Tech's tandem of Alex Chen and Syrym Abdukhalikov edged JSU's pairing of Axel Sundberg and Nenad Marcec, 9-8.&nbsp; JSU's Jordan Cowling and Igor Santos moved to 3-1 in OVC play with an 8-2 win over Vasily Eremeev and Artem Tarasov.<br /> <br /> Santos notched the Gamecocks' first point in singles with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Chen.&nbsp; Santos moved to 14-2 on the season at No. 2 and remained perfect against OVC competition with his Sunday win.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Freshman Jordan Cowling also kept his unblemished OVC record intact with a 6-1, 7-6 win over Tarasov at No. 4.<br /> <br /> Nenad Marcec saw his 11-match winning streak halted with a 6-0, 6-4 setback to Alex Augusto.<br /> <br /> Both JSU squads travel to Murray State and Austin Peay next weekend.&nbsp; JSU will visit the Racers of MSU on Friday, April 6 before a Saturday, April 7 duel with Austin Peay.
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